Crimewatch

Press, 22 November 1989, Page 27

Crimewatch

ROBBERY A woman, aged 81, ws robbed of $345 in her Waltham Road home at 9 p.m. on November 18. A man entered the house by breaking through louvre windows and confronted the woman in her bedroom. She tried to escape but was dragged back into the room. She was threatened with a knife. The offender is described as Maori, with a bushy hairstyle which is shaved at the side of the head. He wore a black leather jacket, black jeans and black gloves. He left on a red bicycle. ASSAULTS A pregnant woman, aged 18, was assaulted by street kids near Christchurch Women’s Hospital, Colombo Street, at 1.45 p.m. on November 17. Money was demanded and she handed over $2O to the group which consisted of two female Maoris, two European youths and a Maori youth. The principal offenders, the two girls, are described as aged 17 and 15. The older girl was 153 cm tall, slim build, with black shoulder-length hair, wearing dirty torn jeans, black ribknit

jersey and black kung fu shoes. The other girl was 165 cm tall, with black hair and dressed similarly to her co-offender.

A man was hit over the head with a broken beer bottle and then kicked about the face by two men in Riccarton Road at-about 1.30 a.m. on November 16. The offenders are both described as Maori. One was aged about 27, 178 cm tall, medium build, with short curly dark hair. The other was aged 18, 168 cm tall, slim build, with collar-length curly black hair, with tattoos on the hands and wrists. ARSON Clothing was set alight in a shop attached to the St John Methodist Church, Addington, at about 11.10 p.m. on November 18. BOGUS REPAIRMAN A man, described as being short and aged about 30, has been calling on houses in New Brighton claiming to be a television serviceman for Tisco and Lanes Appliances. He offers to tune sets to receive TV3 for a price. The man does not represent

either of the two companies. He is believed to be Dutch and goes by the name of Hans. BURGLARIES An air compressor, two Iwota paint guns, two Hitachi drills, one Black and Decker portable sander, one Stayer sander, one Makita sander, two AEG angle grinders, one Makita angle grinder, one Bosch jigsaw, one Stinger Mig welder on trolley, one gas bottle, 600 assorted sanding discs, 30 assorted castor wheels, three bolt cutters, two squares, assorted clamps and tools were stolen from Slimmar Shop Fittings, Hazeldean Road, between November 11 and 13. Two hundred cartons of crushed pineapple were stolen from a transport container at Leaning Tower of Pizza, Ltd, Sturrocks Road, Redwood, last week-end. The Golden Sun pineapple was for commercial use. FOUND Photographic equipment was found on November 20. It consists of a Ricoh KPIO 35mm camera, Pentax 35mm camera, Pentax motor drive

winder, Pentax instruction book, Woltron flash unit, two cable releases, two extension leads, one film case and five lens .covers. (Owner to contact Senior Constable Murray Le Fevre, Sydenham.) Two Drifter cycle pannier bags containing clothing were found on the Main South Road recently. The owner can collect them from the Hornby police station. STOLEN CHEQUES M. D. D. Tunley, 125430-00, BNZ.Queenstown. C. A. Hillier, 186801-00, Trust Bank, Ham. D. M. Carroll, 15741400, Trust Bank, Aranui. I. M. A. Kemsley, 006454-00, PostBank, Porirua. A. W. Lepper, 301952-00, BNZ, Christchurch. S. E. Hogan, 139099-00, BNZ, University. Yellow Shop, 375636-00, BNZ, Christchurch. STOLEN VEHICLES Ford Consul Mk 2, A 09227, ’6l, green/grey. Ford Falcon, CV6358, ’67, yellow. Ford Mk 2, DHB3BI, ’6B, maroon. Triumph 2000, DK1043, ’65, grey. Morris 1100, D 57837, '66, green. Ford Cortina, DT5699, ’69, blue/black. Hillman Hunter, EA4139, ’69, red/white. Vauxhall Victor,

E 86556- '69, white. Morris 1100, EDI2OO, ’6B, cream. Vauxhall Viva, FFB2IB, '7l, beige. Ford Escort, FK5384, ■7O, gold. Ford Escort, FM6576, '7l, white. Hillman Hunter, F 57073, ’72, red. Toyota Crown, GR3098, '73, brown. Hillman Hunter, GR46, '73, green. Ford Cortina, HJ96U, '75, white. Austin Allegro, HW3OS, ’76, orange. Nissan 1808, 184618, ’76, orange. Holden Torana, 1C8969, ’76, bronze. Toyota Corolla, JD4130, ’7B, yellow. Ford Escort, JE6I2, '79, bronze. Ford Cortina, JH6729, ’79, white. Toyota Corolla, JM27, ’79, red. Toyota Corolla, JM3IS, 'BO, red. Ford Escort, J 09474, ’BO, orange. Mazda 323, KY7388, ’B2, blue. Toyota Hilux, LZ2517, ’B5, white. Toyota Landcruiser, M 86537, ’B5, green. Toyota Corolla, NJ4961, 'B7, white. Yamaha XZ4OO, 20RXA, ’BB, black. Trailer, homemade trailer, 22NDG”, ’B4, grey.Yamaha Passola, 41GTF, ’BO, green. Suzuki GN2SOF, 47PBJ, ’B6, black. Trailer, 50NDY, 'B4, grey. Honda CBIOO, 66PSX, ’75, white/ blue, Honda XR2OORD, 71PZT, ’Bl, red.