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BALNARRING CHARGES: HISTORICAL SEX OFFENCES
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■ Frankston Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team detectives have charged a man with 17 historical sex offences. It is alleged the offences against two female victims took place between 2001 and 2007 in the Mornington Peninsula area. The 71-year-old Balnarring man was arrested in August 2022. He was charged with 17 offences including sexual penetration of a child under 16, indecent act with a child under 16 and threats to kill. He will appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on May 5.
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GREEN WEDGE AT RISK
■ Mornington Peninsula Shire Council is pushing for local residents to campaign to Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny about the Green Wedge. The Council wants to see Green Wedge land protected from over development and subdivision. “We need to stop important planning decisions being
taken away from our community and chipping away at our natural environment,” said a Council representative. There are several parcels of land hat do not currently have specific Green Wedge Zone protection. The Shire is calling on the State Government for an urgent change to local planning controls.
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■ Mornington Peninsula Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a teenager after they located two allegedly stolen vehicles at a Safety Beach home on Thursday (Mar. 2.) Officers from Rosebud were travelling westbound on Point Nepean Rd when they observed a VW Golf without registration plates about 4.45am. The driver allegedly sped off from Police before officers later found the same VW Golf parked in front of a residential address while patrolling. After searching the property, officers found a Mazda that had allegedly been stolen in an aggravated burglary in Cranbourne on February 25. It is alleged the car was used in a petrol drive off in Officer. Police also found a Mini Cooper that had allegedly been stolen in an aggravated burglary in Balwyn North on February 27. A 15-year-old boy, who was arrested at the Safety Beach property, has been charged. He has been bailed to appear before a children’s court at a later date.
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