Watch: Police hunt down polite bag snatchers in Auckland s Mt Eden
27 Apr, 2021 12:20 AM
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Last week Police were able to quickly apprehend two offenders in relation to a bag snatching incident in a shared driveway off Dominion Road. Video / North Shore, Rodney & West Auckland Police
Last week Police were able to quickly apprehend two offenders in relation to a bag snatching incident in a shared driveway off Dominion Road. Video / North Shore, Rodney & West Auckland Police
NZ Herald
One Aucklander has been reunited with her handbag after she was confronted by a polite bag snatcher.
The woman pulled into a driveway when an unknown man parked behind her in a van and another jumped out and then snatched her handbag straight off her lap. The snatcher even had the audacity to say thank you before driving away.
Grace Millane at her graduation from Lincoln University. Detective Inspector Scott Beard, who oversees Auckland City’s adult sexual assault team, said police field a number of reports of sexual offences involving such dating apps as Tinder, Bumble, Grindr and Badoo. “We also know that sexual or other offending in these scenarios often goes under-reported to police,” he said. Police are warning people to be vigilant when meeting up after chatting online this summer.
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Detective Inspector Scott Beard, who led the Grace Millane murder investigation, says rough sex is not a defence to murder. They should meet for the first time in a public place and let someone know where they are going and who they are meeting, Beard said.