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Goals aplenty at gala Ethan from St Francis de Sales Primary School, Lynbrook celebrates after scoring a goal at a Soccer Gala Day in Dandenong on Monday 6 May. Catholic schools from across the South East competed in the annual tournament at St John’s Regional College. More pictures on page 15
Ethan from St. Francis de Sales Primary School, Lynbrook, scores a goal. 392098
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Thief’s mercy plea By Cam Lucadou-Wells A 34-year-old Cranbourne man has begged for “one more chance” after pilfering scores of power tools from tradies’ utes in car parks across the South East, a court has heard. Travis Kenyon pled guilty to more than 30 charges from a seven-month stealing spree in 2023 that netted about $78,000 of power saws, drills, multi-meters, drivers, nail guns, grinders, batteries, tower lights, handtools and similar equipment. Kenyon preyed on 23 utes at day and at
night, targeting Dandenong Plaza, Karingal Hub, Fountain Gate, Carrum Downs, Northland and Knox shopping centres. Other targets were Sandhurst, Keysborough and Centenary Park golf courses, Dandenong and Cranbourne basketball stadiums and Chisholm Tafe campuses in Dandenong and Berwick. Some others were parked at Sandhurst Motel, Frankston RSL, Hoyts cinemas in Frankston and a Mornington Peninsula bottle shop. The unemployed Kenyon would typically
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park next to the utes, access their rear canopies – forcing them open if they were locked - and take equipment worth up to $5000 at a time. Despite being placed on four counts of bail at his parents’ house and a night curfew in September 2023, he continued stealing up to his arrest in December. His phone included photos of tools sent to seven would-be purchasers. One of his victims recognised his power tools being sold on Facebook Marketplace
by Kenyon’s associate. The associate later told police he’d bought the tools from Kenyon for $350. On 7 May, defence lawyer Vanda Hamilton told Dandenong Magistrates’ Court that Kenyon offended months after leaving a successful stint of residential drug rehab at Odyssey House. He ran astray after accepting back his phone – with its list of criminal contacts, Ms Hamilton said. Continued page 4
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