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Abos attack hotel staff at Brahma Lodge and Salisbury Heights

Thugs attack hotel staff at Brahma Lodge and Salisbury Heights

Michael Milnes, Police Reporter: The Advertiser | July 08, 2008

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23986351-2682,00.html

STAFF at two northern suburbs hotels were assaulted by a gang of armed men this morning.

In the first incident, staff leaving the Brahma Lodge Hotel about 2.30am were confronted by three men carrying a baseball bat and iron bars. One of the staff was assaulted.

The men, all of aboriginal appearance, escaped empty handed, but about five minutes later three people fitting the same description entered the gaming room of the Old Spot hotel, Salisbury Heights.

A security …

Indian ‘Meter-reading pervert’ charged

‘Meter-reading conman’ charged

Hannah Silverman: The Advertiser | July 06, 2008

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A MAN posing as an energy meter reader has been charged over the indecent assault of a Davoren Park woman yesterday.

Police will allege the man, 28, from Klemzig, posed as a power company meter reader to gain entry to the woman’s Westbury St home.

The man, who is of Indian appearance, allegedly “conned” his way into the victims home suggesting he was a power company meter reader who needed to enter her Westbury St home.

Once inside the man asked if anyone was home and then indecently …

Abos Destroy Royal Park Family’s Dream Home

Thieves use car to light Royal Park blaze

Chris Pepper: The Advertiser | July 05, 2008

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A YOUNG family has been left shattered after a heartless arson attack destroyed their dream home – six days before they were to move in.

Michael and Kirsty Forbes were to pick up the keys for their newly completed Royal Park home this Thursday.

But their dream was left in ashes after a gang dumped a car – which had been stolen in a home invasion nearby – in the garage of the couple’s Anne St home.

The gang, of up to four …

Adelaide Woman Treated Like a Dog in US Detention Center – Illegal Mexican Invaders Treated Like Kings

Laura’s holiday nightmare

Chantelle Kroehn: The Messenger | July 2, 2008

http://www.messengerwest.com.au/article/2008/07/02/5582_west_news.html

A WESTERN suburbs (Adelaide) woman who was stuck in US detention centres for nearly three weeks over an entry card mix-up says she was treated worse than the illegal Mexican immigrants with whom she shared a holding cell.

Laura McKenzie, 21, says she had to eat food with her hands, sleep on a concrete floor and, unlike the Mexicans, she was not given a proper chance to explain her situation.

Ms McKenzie, who has worked as an aerobics instructor at a Royal Park gym (formerly Zest – now …

When Asians Attack

Two violent stabbings overnight

Michael Milnes, Police Reporter: The Advertiser | June 29, 2008

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A VICTORIAN man was chased by a group of up to six Asian men and stabbed several times early this morning in the western suburbs.

The man in his 20s was chased along Hanson Rd by the group and into Alison St where he was stabbed numerous times.

The man “received severe lacerations to his hands, arms and body and is in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital undergoing emergency surgery,” police spokesman Senior Constable Mick Abbott said.

It was the second stabbing in the city overnight, …

Abo Violence: Police Need Your Help

SA Crime Stoppers | September 6, 2007

http://www.sa.crimestoppers.com.au/targetCrimeOfWeek.aspx?CrimeId=394

08/29TV – Police need your help to identify two men who assaulted a security guard on a Gawler bound train. Between 12.15pm and 12.30pm on Thursday September 6 2007 three men were on the Adelaide to Gawler bound train. They all began smoking. A PSA and security guard approached the men and asked them for their tickets. One of the men did not have a ticket, the PSA went to the ticket machine and bought a ticket. One of the men then became aggressive and approached the PSA with both hands clenched. …

Whites Murdered After Domestic Disputes with Non-Whites – Or – Once You Go Black, You Never Come Back!

Murder charge after stabbing death at Welland

Andrew Dowdell, Michael Milnes: The Advertiser | June 27, 2008

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A WELLAND man was acting in “self defence” when he fatally stabbed his mother’s defacto partner with a kitchen knife on Thursday night, the Port Adelaide Magistrates Court has heard.

Lazaros David Hajistassi is charged with the murder of 48-year old James Vincent Farquhar, who died from stab wounds at the Frederick St home at Welland.

The court heard Hajistassi had confronted Mr Farquhar over an ongoing domestic dispute with his mother when the fight broke out just after 11.30pm.

Police prosecutor …

One down – Three Abos to go in the Glynde NAB bank robbery

Sam Rodrigues: The Advertiser | June 26, 2008

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A MAN was arrested at Ingle Farm this morning and charged with aggravated robbery over a terrifying gunpoint raid on a bank at Glynde last Thursday.

Detectives from Operation Counteract, investigating armed robberies, believe they know the identities of the three other men wanted for the highly organised hoist.

Bank staff were terrorised when three men smashed their way into the staff area of the National Australia Bank, behind the customer service counter.

The staff were threatened with a semi-automatic handgun before the men left the scene with cash.

The wanted …