WOMAN RUSHED TO HOSPITAL AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY A MAN IN MELBOURNE EARLIER THIS MORNING.
Police are searching for a male suspect after an assault on the 29-year-old woman in the inner city suburb of Melvin.
The incident took place when police received an emergency call at 1:30am. The witness had come across the attack on Oxford St.
The suspect had followed the female tourist before pulling her into a cove off of Oxford St. The woman fought off her offender, in which the suspect was then seen running into nearby Brown street. Police arrived at the scene shortly after at 1:40am.
The woman was taken to St Vincent’s hospital with injuries sustained from physical restraint. She remains there in a stable condition.
The suspect was described
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We are appealing to anyone who might have any information about this individual to come forward’.
A spate of similar attacks had occurred within the Melville area recently. With the State government issuing $250 000 towards the Melville council for more CCTV cameras to be installed along Oxford St.
Though these funds were provided to the council 12 months ago, minimal effect has taken place. Only 4 of the proposed 9 cameras have been installed with none of them being operational.
The council accepted the funding in March 2015. However a project proposal was not provided to the Department of Justice’s Community Crime Prevention Unit until November of the same year.
When asked for a comment, Victorian Police Minister Kristi stated ‘Melville Council have stalled, delayed and procrastinated rather than getting on with installing these cameras’.
Coming to the governments defense, he finishes with ‘The State Government is doing everything we can to improve safety on the streets for all Victorians’.
The City of Melbourne has installed seven new CCTV cameras in just under three months since the beginning of the