We parked at 1:15 and had a very pleasant lunch, leaving a little less than an hour later. Had we have gone to Elsternwick, there could have been a little drama. At 1:40 this happened as reported in The Age. We would have been very close by.
Masked robbers wielding a handgun and machete have robbed an Elsternwick jewellery store in a frightening afternoon heist.
Three offenders with shirts on their heads stormed H and H Jewellery on Glenhuntly Road about 1.40pm.
Police said that the robbers threatened staff and stole jewellery before leaving in a waiting vehicle without registration plates, which was driven by another offender.
The vehicle drove south along Orrong Road.
It is believed the gang were later sighted on Gardenia Road in Gardenvale, where one of them got out of a black Holden Commodore then jumped in a black Ford Territory.
Both vehicles drove off separately.
No shots were fired during the incident and no injuries have been reported.
The offenders were reported to be of African appearance.
An employee of the business, which also has stores in South Yarra and Collins Street, said they were shaken by the robbery.
"At this point in time we're still recovering, so if you could call back another time?"
Ack.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely too close for comfort. And I hope the staff can get support in their recovery. Not what you expect as a shop assistant...
EC, no, they don't get paid enough to have their lives put at risk.
DeleteWow. You hear about these things, but they're always 'just news', it's not often you get to thinking, "we almost chose to be there, we could have seen it happen."
ReplyDeleteRiver, many years ago I was waiting on a tram at tram terminus before it left and the bank next to the tram was robbed and no one noticed until all the police cars arrived.
DeleteWhat about the woman stabbed at Southland a few weeks back. I forgot to follow up but it will be in the next local newspaper with the whole story.
ReplyDeleteIn my wayward youth I was once used as an alibi for a very bad bashing but what do you do when someone says just mind my drink for a moment then swans off in the direction of the Mens. Recognized it from the description in Truth and your story just brought it all back to me. Really getting old, having flashbacks.
Jah Teh, I can put two and two together. Bad scene.
DeleteCrikey Andrew ..... I'm glad you went to the Sand Bar. I would've hated to see you on the news. What did you have? I had a big Mac once and once only. It was the best thing I've ever eaten other than ice-cream.
ReplyDeleteCharlie, I would hate to see me on the news too. I can't remember the name, but there were breads, chorizo and olives involved.
DeleteOlives??????? Oh my ..... I don't like olives. You peeps are weird. Mum likes 'em too.
DeleteBut you ate the dill pickle on the Big Mac?
DeleteTouche, River.
DeleteYou both were every so lucky you decided to go the other way.
ReplyDeleteI saw this footage on the news.
Margaret, perhaps the only good thing is that was all over very quickly.
DeleteOur town doesn't even have a jewelry store.
ReplyDeleteCoffee is on
Dora, I expect we have too many, with too many rich people to shop in them.
DeleteDear god almighty. It will take them a LONG time to recover. I still remember the head master flogging a boy in 1962 :(
ReplyDeleteHels, a good point to those who argue to bring back corporal punishment.
DeleteI'm a great believer in fate. When your time is up that's it.
ReplyDeleteMarie, quite true, and fate steered us in a different direction.
DeleteThe greed; the lack of respect; the wastes-of- space who believe they have the right to be leeches off the hard work of others...oh, I'll stop now before I get even angrier thinking about them!!!
ReplyDeleteI think you understand what and how I feel without my going into further descriptive description!!
Quite so Lee, but without being soft about it, the cause of the explosion of this sort of thing here has to be addressed, and fast.
DeleteI agree. It begins in the home (or it should)...and our so-called "justice system" has to toughen up. It is far too lenient...it's become a joke...and unfunny joke!
DeleteGoodness what is going on these days! Glad you changed your lunch venue Andrew, you just never know what could have happened. Have you heard if they were caught or not?
ReplyDeleteGrace, I don't think they have been caught but most of them do get caught and don't seem to care.
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