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“I started to speed up a bit . and I noticed he sped up behind me so I started jogging a bit, and broke into a run, and he yelled out to me and said along the lines of, ‘oi’, so I immediately got quite panicked,” the woman said. “I started running, and he said, ‘you b.., you’re coming home with me tonight, s.,’ and I was running quite fast and not looking back.” As the man closed in, the woman realised she would lead him to the house where she was staying alone and changed course. When she reached a more shadowy part of the street she was able to hide between a fence and a bush, she said.
Rosemarie said they had been living in Blenheim for six years, and they thought taking part in the festive competition would make them closer to the Blenheim community. “The best part about joining the competition was when we saw people stopping to have a look at our house.”
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Leo and Rosemarie Morcilla have won the 2020 First National Marlborough Christmas Lights Competition. The winning entrants were: 1st: Rosemarie Morcilla, 70 Hutcheson St, Blenheim ($1000 Prezzy Card) Leo originally put up just a few lights on the front of their Mayfield home, and it was this interest from the public, and encouragement from friends and the Filipino community, which spurred him on to expand his efforts.