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Katie Woolf spoke with Alderman Gary J Haslett after getting injured in a shocking attack yesterday · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: And I think that I have right now. I think
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  Speaker 1: that I am joined on the line by Gary Has.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning to you, Gary.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning Katie.
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  Speaker 1: How are you well? Gary? More importantly, how are you going?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? I feel much better. They're really taking good care
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  Speaker 2: of me. At artie H, I was waiting to see
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  Speaker 2: the I to find out if there's any permanent damage
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  Speaker 2: to my eye. And I just finished talking to a
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  Speaker 2: couple of I send you detectives on the police. Mate.
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  Speaker 1: What happened?
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  Speaker 2: My wife was on a shopping trip and I went
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  Speaker 2: to pick her up at will Worth. Some kids came
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  Speaker 2: out and we're giving a bit of cheek. I didn't
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  Speaker 2: know the time that earlier they had been arrassing her,
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  Speaker 2: and then as I drove off, they were kicking the car.
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  Speaker 2: So this is what people should not do. I stopped
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  Speaker 2: and got out and confront of them. You shouldn't do that.
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  Speaker 1: You just keep Oh, mate, do you have any idea
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  Speaker 1: how old they were? Oh?
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  Speaker 2: They were very young. I don't know that. They were
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  Speaker 2: probably from eight years old up to maybe even twenty,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. And there was about ten of them.
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  Speaker 2: A large guy ran from behind me came I didn't
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  Speaker 2: see him coming. I didn't see him at all in
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  Speaker 2: right eye socket and cheap and next thing, the blood everywhere,
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  Speaker 2: and they grabbed my bag and left the scene. I
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  Speaker 2: didn't know that got my bag, but that out till
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  Speaker 2: about half an hour later.
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  Speaker 1: I am really sorry to hear that that's happened to you, Gary.
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  Speaker 1: And I've had a look at the photos and they're
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  Speaker 1: just tearing.
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  Speaker 2: It's really sad. I mean, I've heard that the capital
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  Speaker 2: in the world this top of injury. Her capital is
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  Speaker 2: our springs. They're experts at fixing up this scapular of injuries,
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  Speaker 2: and it seems that darn is now becoming you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's following on it. Darla's becoming more at Alice Springs
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  Speaker 2: every day. Gary.
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  Speaker 1: I understand you said that the police have been to
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  Speaker 1: see you today. I understand from your post on Facebook
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  Speaker 1: that they were there very quickly to assist you.
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  Speaker 2: There was an officer there in how long would it
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  Speaker 2: take minutes? Yeah, there was a guy there and I
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  Speaker 2: was trying to I asked him later, how come he
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  Speaker 2: do his own Apparently he was a Caline officer. But
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  Speaker 2: he was really excellent, really charm He made me feel
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  Speaker 2: safe and calm, and they were in control of the situation. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: straight away. Then the security guys are there. I think
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  Speaker 2: that had already been called by someone before it happened.
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  Speaker 2: They were there. It was in seconds. Wow, it's just
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  Speaker 2: not safe to go to the Wool's car park.
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  Speaker 1: Can you tell me what time of the day? So
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  Speaker 1: this was after five o'clock in the.
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  Speaker 2: Afternoon, five thirty. This is five thirty, five.
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  Speaker 1: Thirty in the afternoon. Made I'm on. Like I said,
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  Speaker 1: I'm so sorry to hear that this has happened to you.
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  Speaker 1: To see those photos, it's really mortifying to see that
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  Speaker 1: that's that that has happened.
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  Speaker 2: It seems that this is happening to a meek people
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  Speaker 2: all the time. You know. I went to the pharmacy
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  Speaker 2: on the way there and I met this guy. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we started talking and he's been dull on his whole life.
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  Speaker 2: He's seventy, and he was telling me how bad it
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  Speaker 2: was and you know, watch out up there and tell
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  Speaker 2: me about We talked about the cash boys and KGB
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  Speaker 2: and not ever thinking that this is going to happen
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  Speaker 2: within half an hour to me unless the pharmacy at
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  Speaker 2: next to the post office and drove over to pick
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  Speaker 2: up my wife and that's where it happened. Just by that.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we're just walking around and anything can happen.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if you remember last year a woman
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  Speaker 2: had to go at my car with a chain and
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  Speaker 2: a pad lot in Palmerston, Wow, and did twenty dollars
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  Speaker 2: damage to my car at McDonald's And she spent I
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  Speaker 2: think a couple of weeks in Roman and it was
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  Speaker 2: a little behavior bond. Talk of reparation or anything like that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, oh Gary mate, it sounds bloody terrible.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, I well, it sounds like the police have got
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  Speaker 2: lines of inquiry, they're pursuing it, and I think they're
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  Speaker 2: making progress. Well, you'd probably get really soon, I imagined.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm anticipating. So can you please keep in contact
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  Speaker 1: with us and let us know how you go. We'll
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  Speaker 1: keep in contact with you as well. But I hope
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  Speaker 1: that you have a speedy recovery. I hope that they're able,
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  Speaker 1: you know, like I hope that you don't need to
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  Speaker 1: have surgery and that it is able.
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  Speaker 2: To I had to have surgery. I've already met with
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  Speaker 2: the Max facts. I've been in the care before. I
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  Speaker 2: was under their team six years ago when I had
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  Speaker 2: stage four cancer and the treatment here completely cured me. Yep,
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  Speaker 2: I am confident that we have very good treatment here,
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  Speaker 2: and I think people don't realize that the wedding lines
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  Speaker 2: has got longer down South and longer, and it's actually
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  Speaker 2: our treatments improved and we're probably getting really good service here.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm confident that you know, I'm going to get
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  Speaker 2: the right treatment here.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Gary, I really appreciate you having a chat with
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  Speaker 1: me this morning. We will talk to you again very soon.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: All the best, mate, all the best with your recovery.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.