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Jo has praised a delivery man who sprung into action to help her mother after her handbag and car were stolen in Palmerston · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: We know that there was a shocking incident late last
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  Speaker 1: week which has left a senior volunteers shaken after three
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  Speaker 1: teenagers stormed the Red Cross and well threatened her and
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  Speaker 1: two other volunteers with a stick. I believe that a
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  Speaker 1: knife was also involved. Now joining me on the phone
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  Speaker 1: line is the daughter of that volunteer, Joe. Good morning
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  Speaker 1: to you. Joe.
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  Speaker 2: Hi Katie, Hey, you going.
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  Speaker 1: Not too bad? Thanks so much for your time this morning. Joe.
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  Speaker 1: How's your mum?
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  Speaker 2: She's doing really well? Yeah, said a few days to
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  Speaker 2: let it all think in now, And no, she's doing
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  Speaker 2: as well as could be expected, like in the circumstances.
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  Speaker 2: But I will say her are the two colleagues that
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  Speaker 2: were involved aren't doing it as well? I mean, my
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  Speaker 2: mum is the kind of person that stands fast in
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  Speaker 2: the face of adversity. She's a bit of a fighter
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  Speaker 2: in those responses. But the other tea ladies, Yeah, they're
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  Speaker 2: sort of finding it a bit hard to deal with
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  Speaker 2: moving forward. So yeah, I hopeful they're going to be
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  Speaker 2: getting the support they need and yeah, and feel better
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  Speaker 2: about things soon.
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  Speaker 1: Jo, Your mum's seventy nine, isn't she correct? Yep, she is,
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  Speaker 1: And the other volunteers senior territorians as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they're senior territorians, you know, volunteering for a charitable organization,
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  Speaker 2: doing the right thing for their community. It's a beautiful
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  Speaker 2: little opshop there, and yeah, and they're just you know,
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  Speaker 2: they're just lovely people going about their day, you know,
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  Speaker 2: doing the right thing for the community. And yeah, and
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  Speaker 2: of course no one should ever go to work, you know,
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  Speaker 2: whether it's voluntary or paid, and have an incident like
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  Speaker 2: this happened. But just the fact that it is elderly
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  Speaker 2: citizens volunteering and in a charitable organization just makes just
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  Speaker 2: a little I mean it's already you know, just skule.
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  Speaker 1: Behavior, but that just it makes you blood boiled.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, just it does. It's infuriating. And that was my
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  Speaker 2: first response as well, you know, like being told about
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  Speaker 2: it when mum rang told me, I was just curious, God,
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  Speaker 2: how dare they exactly?
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  Speaker 1: How dare they?
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  Speaker 2: Now?
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  Speaker 1: What did your mom tell you? Talk us through her
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  Speaker 1: recollection of the events, and and you know, she's more
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  Speaker 1: than happy for you to be a spokesperson for her,
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  Speaker 1: I know, So tell me exactly what she's told you.
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  Speaker 2: All right, So basically she's she told me that they were.
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  Speaker 2: These students came in. There was about five of them,
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  Speaker 2: and they came into the shop. They you know, the
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  Speaker 2: air in the shop changed immediately because you could tell
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  Speaker 2: that they were sort of in there up to no good.
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  Speaker 2: Had you know, mum and her colleagues on edge already
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  Speaker 2: and they're sort of like going, oh, what's going on here?
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  Speaker 2: You know. So they came in and basically case to
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  Speaker 2: joint and then went out I don't know how long for,
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  Speaker 2: but then came back in with a large stick. The
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  Speaker 2: student that was threatening my mum with a large stick
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  Speaker 2: obviously knew it was her car because he went to
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  Speaker 2: her asking for the keys. So they must have been
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  Speaker 2: watching a post for some time, which, you know, given
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  Speaker 2: the fact that it is premeditated, they know that they're
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  Speaker 2: elderly people and doubtless empoweredly was I'm concerned however, Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: So basically the intimidation tactics started straight away. He was
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  Speaker 2: brandishing this sick. Thankfully he didn't hit her or the
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  Speaker 2: other you know, no one was harmed, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: they were banging things around demanding the keys, and Mum
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  Speaker 2: was like, no, it's nope, not giving you the keys
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  Speaker 2: because my mom was a fighter, like was not bugger. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not giving it to you and the other ladies
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  Speaker 2: that are froze. They were absolutely terrified and yeah, basically
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  Speaker 2: he wrestled the bag off her and ran out. But
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  Speaker 2: the positives of this is that there was a gentleman
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  Speaker 2: from Star Trek that was doing deliveries at the time
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  Speaker 2: and chased after these people. And because they were telling
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  Speaker 2: everything out of the bag they were they just wanted
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  Speaker 2: the car keys. It was a joy rise that they
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  Speaker 2: had in their minds. So through the phone out through
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  Speaker 2: the walllet out, dump the bag and he went running
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  Speaker 2: after them and collected everything and took it back there,
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  Speaker 2: and he was a mum just wanted to do a
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  Speaker 2: shout out. I'm not sure if his name, but whoever
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  Speaker 2: was there on Thursday afternoon last week. Yeah, it was
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  Speaker 2: sort of a comforting thing that he was there to
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  Speaker 2: kind of help out that what a legend just after them.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, what a legend. If he's listening this morning, if
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  Speaker 1: you are that driver from Star Trek and you want
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  Speaker 1: to give us a call eight nine four one one
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  Speaker 1: four nine, give us a call, and what a good bloke.
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  Speaker 1: And you know that's always the great thing, isn't it, Joe,
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  Speaker 1: that in these terrible situations you actually see that true
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  Speaker 1: territory spirit and the really wonderful people come out and
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  Speaker 1: help out when you need it.
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  Speaker 2: Yep. And you definitely do need to be grateful. And
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  Speaker 2: the first responders, the police were brilliant. They responded very
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  Speaker 2: quickly to this situation. Also, as we know from the
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  Speaker 2: news reports, you know, the car chase through the suburbs
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  Speaker 2: and everything, which you know, another effect of like a
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  Speaker 2: crime if not only was it violence and everything towards
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  Speaker 2: the you know, the people like my mum and her colleagues,
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  Speaker 2: but then to get in the car and drive around
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  Speaker 2: the way they were. I mean, you've seen the footage
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  Speaker 2: that could have been. There could have been you know,
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  Speaker 2: horrible consequences to that as well, and thankfully there wasn't.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, the police were brilliant and apparently draped the dog,
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  Speaker 2: the police dog veiled these guys up after the crash
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  Speaker 2: and molden and everything. So just a big thank you
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  Speaker 2: to everybody that you know, made sure that it didn't
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  Speaker 2: turn out worse than what it could have been.
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  Speaker 1: Your spot on and you know, well done to the
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  Speaker 1: police and everybody that helped out all of those first responders. Joe,
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  Speaker 1: can I ask you, is your mum's car a ride off?
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  Speaker 2: How is it definitely is a ride Yeah, I was.
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  Speaker 2: I was told that once the air bag is deployed,
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  Speaker 2: it's yeah, it's no longer fixable. So a few other
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  Speaker 2: things that happened to it. It was a very old car. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it was sentimental in our family. It took her grandkids,
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  Speaker 2: my kids for school and back and everything like that.
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  Speaker 2: And we were watching the footage going, well, God, there's
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  Speaker 2: nanny's little car. Yeah. So yeah, but now to answer
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  Speaker 2: the question, yes it is a rite.
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  Speaker 1: Off, what's it going to mean to your mum in
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  Speaker 1: terms of her independence and not having that vehicle? I
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  Speaker 1: would imagine it has a big impact.
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  Speaker 2: It does have a big impact on her independence, you know.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, so I'm going to be moving forward. I'm
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  Speaker 2: just going to be contacting victims of crime and seeing
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  Speaker 2: what I can do, you know, just to try and
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  Speaker 2: get her independence back.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: It's you know, taken in such a such an awful way,
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  Speaker 2: and I just want to make sure that you know,
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  Speaker 2: there's a silver lining to all of this, because she
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  Speaker 2: doesn't deserve it. Nobody deserves to be a victim of
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  Speaker 2: crime at all, and just want to make sure that, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that she's compensated copy for it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, absolutely spot on. She does not deserve that. Look,
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  Speaker 1: you know, just a little change of hopefully a nice
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  Speaker 1: change for her. I'd like to make her a territory
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  Speaker 1: and of the week for this week. I know it's
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  Speaker 1: very early days, love that it's only Monday, but I
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  Speaker 1: love that she stood her ground. I love that she
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  Speaker 1: you know that she said no, you're not taking my stuff,
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  Speaker 1: and she did her best to keep an eye out
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  Speaker 1: for the other two volunteers as well. So look, I'd
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  Speaker 1: like to make her our territory and of the week,
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  Speaker 1: which means that she does get a voucher for Malone's
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  Speaker 1: butchery out there at Gateway. I hope that that gives
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  Speaker 1: her a bit of a change of her luck. And
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  Speaker 1: you know, I just think it's terrible what's happened to
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  Speaker 1: your mum. I think it's mortifying that she had to
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  Speaker 1: go through that. And Joe, my understanding is that you
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  Speaker 1: know that those young people that two of them had
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  Speaker 1: ankle bracelets on as well. Is that correct?
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  Speaker 2: Correct? Yeah, they did, and clearly it's not a deterrent,
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  Speaker 2: but that. Yeah, no, they did have ankle bracelets on.
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  Speaker 2: That was one of the first things they noticed when
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  Speaker 2: they came into the shop and that have went what's
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  Speaker 2: going on here? So yeah, clearly, clearly it's not a
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  Speaker 2: deterrent to you know, to stop them from from these
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  Speaker 2: these acts in the community, which you know has everybody
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  Speaker 2: on edge, you know, so safety is concerned. But listen,
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  Speaker 2: thank you so much. She's going to be so happy
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  Speaker 2: to get that now, going.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, you know, I like, I just really feel
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  Speaker 1: for your mum and the two women that were there,
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  Speaker 1: because I think when you get into your senior years,
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  Speaker 1: you should be able to go and volunteer at the
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  Speaker 1: Red Cross and not have to worry about something like
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  Speaker 1: this happening and say right, yeah, right, And I.
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  Speaker 2: Feel for moving about in the community without having fear
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  Speaker 2: of you know, I know that one of them may
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  Speaker 2: not be going back at all, so that's an end
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  Speaker 2: of a ten year voluntary service. So yeah, just the
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  Speaker 2: impact that these sorts of crimes have is yeah, it's
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  Speaker 2: a ripple effect that you know, clearly these young people
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  Speaker 2: don't have any thought of of course they don't because
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  Speaker 2: they just do acting in the moment and doing what
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  Speaker 2: they're doing, but they just don't realize the impact that
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  Speaker 2: it has not just on the victims, that their families
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  Speaker 2: and yeah, their life moving forward. So but just want
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  Speaker 2: to make sure that you know everybody involved is after
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  Speaker 2: and yeah, we'll get everyone around for a barbecue with
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  Speaker 2: the Mulane voucher.
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  Speaker 1: Oh much that your a legend. No worries at all.
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  Speaker 1: Let us know how it goes the barbecue, and please
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  Speaker 1: don't keep me in contact as well in terms of
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  Speaker 1: you know what you hear with the you know, with
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  Speaker 1: the ramifications of the actions of these young people and
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  Speaker 1: and you know whether whether they do sort of get
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  Speaker 1: in trouble or whether there is a consequence for their action,
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  Speaker 1: because there needs to be. And I just think that
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  Speaker 1: we have to people have to have young people have
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  Speaker 1: to have more respect for those in the community that
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  Speaker 1: are a little bit older that are out there doing
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  Speaker 1: the right thing. You know, your mum's out there volunteering
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  Speaker 1: for the community for goodness sake, and the other two
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  Speaker 1: women they shouldn't have to worry about this.
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  Speaker 2: No, not at all. And and I'm in complete agreeance
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  Speaker 2: with you. There does need to be consequences for that,
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  Speaker 2: and it is a violent crime. You can't. You can't
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  Speaker 2: pretty this number is definitely a violent crime that's happened.
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  Speaker 2: And yes, I'll definitely keep you in the league with
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  Speaker 2: what's going on and it will be watching that closely
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  Speaker 2: over the next couple of weeks of course. Yeah, I'll
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  Speaker 2: get back in contact and let you know what to do.
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  Speaker 1: Please do And Joe, can you just clarify for us
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  Speaker 1: as well. So there was a big stick? Was there
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  Speaker 1: also a knife in that incident.
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  Speaker 2: What happened was one of the other young people grabbed
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  Speaker 2: a knife out of the cutlery area in the back room.
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  Speaker 2: There's a back room there that has you know, cups
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  Speaker 2: and plates and things like that, and he's just on
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  Speaker 2: a whim, grabbed a knife and was holding it. He
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  Speaker 2: wasn't holding it to the person's death or anything like that,
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  Speaker 2: but he had it in his hand. That's enough of
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  Speaker 2: a threat, you know, that's intention. So yeah, that's definitely
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  Speaker 2: it was. It definitely happened. But the person that my
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  Speaker 2: mum was fighting with, so to speak, had the stick.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Just thank god that no one was touched or harmed.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, thank goodness for that. Thank god that all three
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  Speaker 1: of those women are okay. Joe pass on our love
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  Speaker 1: to your mum and to the other two women that
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  Speaker 1: were with her, and I hope that I hope they
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  Speaker 1: have a nice barbecue with that shar with that boucher.
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  Speaker 1: But please keep in contact with us and let us
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  Speaker 1: know how things are tracking along as well.
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  Speaker 2: I will do. Katie, you have a great day.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you too, Thanks so much for your time this morning.