Tiki Tavern, Tikipunga, after an attempted aggravated robbery where patrons stepped in to disarm a man with a shotgun. Photo / Michael Cunningham
Another robbery at Takahue over the weekend. Just a chainsaw and an extension saw taken. Ho hum. Nothing significant then.
Except that the victim has been targeted three times in the last few years — car stolen, car stolen and kidnapped (and beaten at gunpoint), and now this.
The tools
were taken from under his grandparents' house while they slept, like the other tool user in his nearby sleepout, not very peacefully.
This time the police will get right on to it, right? Oh no. They couldn't even be bothered to visit the residence. It seems they've got too much important stuff to deal with. Terrorism, is it?
In some states a home-owner has the right to defend his property with lethal force. Here in New Zealand we believe that life is much more precious than a few possessions. There's little deterrent to thieves helping themselves to helpless victims' property.
