Rupert Ellis-Jones was car-jacked and lost much of the work needed to complete his engineering apprenticeship. Photo / Paul Taylor
January ended badly for Clive man Rupert Ellis-Jones - February isn't any easier.
The 23-year-old trainee engineer was carjacked last month, losing vital paperwork needed to finish his apprenticeship - just weeks later he also lost his grandfather.
On January 20 Mr Ellis-Jones had been reading an e-book at the
Awatoto lookout when two men approached and forced him out of his white 1992 Subaru Impreza with a sharpened screwdriver.
Hawke's Bay police arrested three Levin residents in relation to the incident and recovered possessions including papers and process sketches which had been in the boot - but much of it was still missing.
Most of his coin collection was returned along with the cheaper of two cameras, however a cellphone, clothes, a larger camera and the car itself were never found.
