ONE of two men who bashed a Frankston woman in a savage home invasion two years ago was sentenced to six and a half years jail in the Melbourne Country Court on 9 May. Detective Senior Constable Flyn Loughlin, of Frankston CIU, said the 30-year-old, of Frankston, was convicted on charges of recklessly causing serious injury, false imprisonment and theft over the attack which occurred at 10pm, 29 July 2015. However, his co-offender in the crime – in which the Karingal woman, 50, received serious head and facial injuries – is still at large and police are determined to catch…
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FRANKSTON police are appealing for public help following an aggravated burglary in Seaford earlier this month. Investigators have been told a man broke into an apartment on Nepean Highway about 6.30am on Sunday 14 May. The victim woke when she heard a thud at the top of her stairs. She went to investigate and confronted a man standing at the top of the stairs. She yelled at the man and he left the property without taking anything. The offender is believed to be in his 50s with a thin build, grey spikey hair and dishevelled in appearance. First published in…
A MOORABBIN brewery has been served a double at major beers awards this month. The 2 Brothers Brewery won two major Australian International Beer Awards taking out the gong for Best Australian Style Pale Ale for its Pay Day ale and Best Reduced or low alcohol beer for draught beer Happiness. The brewery was founded in 2007 by brothers Andrew and David Ong. “The AIBA awards are one of the toughest competitions in the country, so to receive such esteemed recognition from our peers is truly humbling,” Andrew One said. The co-owner said the awards were reward for the hard…
KINGSTON Council has released its 2016-17 draft budget aimed at enabling council to continue providing services, maintain infrastructure and deliver projects to strengthen the community. Mayor Cr David Eden said the proposed draft budget would continue to build Kingston as a strong, connected community. “We’re investing $58 million to ensure our community has access to well-maintained quality infrastructure, that our local sports clubs are supported and that our children have access to quality early years learning,” Cr Eden said. Cr Eden said Kingston Council, due to “its strong history of sound financial management”, is well-prepared to meet the Victorian Government’s…
CARRUM and Aspendale have been hard hit by a spate of daytime burglaries. Chelsea police say three daylight break-ins in Stanley St, Carrum, and one in nearby Valetta St on Thursday 18 May were possibly committed by the same burglars. Offenders climbed over a neighbour’s fence and jemmied a timber sliding door to enter a Stanley St house, between 9am-2.30pm, rifling drawers in all rooms and stealing a child’s money box. Soon after, the owner of a neighbouring house received notification on his mobile phone that a home alarm had been activated. Watching mobile footage he saw a man wearing…