Liam Fontaine dressed as a pink fairy outside Arkwright's Dairy in Napier where he tackled a would-be robber. He's pictured with dairy owner John Zhao. Photo Warren Buckland
Liam Fontaine dressed as a pink fairy outside Arkwright's Dairy in Napier where he tackled a would-be robber. He's pictured with dairy owner John Zhao. Photo Warren Buckland
It's a seriously endearing story with an equally entertaining photograph.
On Sunday the Bay's most unlikely crime-fighter materialised in the form of a chap wearing a pink crop top, pink minidress, fishnets and fairy wings.
Local lad Liam Fontaine made national headlines after he tackled a balaclava-wearing man who allegedlytried to rip-off a dairy in Hastings St, Napier.
A staff member chased the man from the store and across the road on to Marine Parade where two members of the public, including an in-pink Mr Fontaine, brought him to the ground and pinned him down.
Mr Fontaine had been participating in the seventh annual Tremain's Pink Fun Walk, organised by Hawke's Bay Breast Cancer Trust, to raise funds and awareness.
All mirth aside, the most encouraging part of this entertaining saga is that a dairy heist was thwarted by the actions of a colourful, concerned citizen.
The fact that the chap in the mask was bettered by a svelte chap in fairy wings and pink bunny ears, is welcome comic relief on an all too common, uncomic offence.
