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Fed up with crime By Corey Everitt and Afraa Kori A shooting and a spate of thefts have marked the leafy suburb of Beaconsfield with some businesses deciding to take matters into their own hands when faced with brazen thieves. The Central Hotel in Beaconsfield recently uploaded a video of an attempted theft in which they successfully intervened and recovered their
stock. The Hotel runs an accompanying drive-thru bottle shop which according to owner Patrick, has seen an increase in thefts over the last year. The spike is beyond any of the 15 years he has been with the Hotel “by some margin“. This incident at around 1.30pm on Monday 10 February left Patrick and fellow staff with little patience to spare.
Three individuals walked into the drive-thru where one of them grabbed a slab of beer and placed it into a trolley pushed by another. Camera footage posted by the Central Hotel shows there was no attempt to be discreet. “They really didn’t care, they just walked out,“ Patrick said, Patrick and some of the staff gave chase and
when they caught up to them on Old Princes Freeway all that audacious confidence quickly subsided and they gave up on the slab. The three would-be thieves will go on the wall of shame at the Central Hotel, which will hopefully help staff spot offenders before anything occurs. Continued page 2
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