An Otara liquor shop owner who was stabbed during a fight outside his shop has been arrested.Varinder Singh appeared in the Manukau District Court this afternoon on two charges of injuring with intent to injure. He was remanded on bail.
Detective Senior Sergeant Dave Pizzini would not give details on what happened outside the liquor shop on Tuesday night.
"The arrest serves as a reminder to all who take the law into their own hands that some circumstances cannot be justified," Mr Pizzini said.
He said further charges are expected to be laid against a 15-year-old allegedly involved in the incident and he couldn't rule out that others could also face charges.
Mr Pizzini said Mr Singh received a minor stab wound in his thigh while a young person had reasonably serious facial injuries including damage to his teeth and swelling to his nose and mouth area.
I hadn't given this too much thought, until I heard Det Sgt Pizzini on Larry Willaims's show a few minutes ago. The tenor of the interview was that the Police want to "send a message" to the likes of Mr Singh that it wasn't ok to take the law into their own hands, and that they should just dial 111 if they were being threatened or intimidated by a gang of young thugs. Legally, he may be right. But in practical terms, Mr Singh and his fellow businessmen have done the Otara business community a big service by drawing a line in the sand, and showing that they will not just stand by meekly and let these thugs walk all over them.
In the meantime, perhaps Det Sgt Pizzini should throw away the Howard Broad style of policing that is a cancer on law and order in this country. Instead of empowering thugs and bullies, Det Sgt Pizzini and his colleagues should be getting them off the streets.
UPDATE: And literally at the same time as Det Sgt Pizzini was talking to Larry Williams, a Lotto shopkeeper was stabbed in Avondale. The Herald reports:
A Lotto shopkeeper is in a serious condition in Auckland Hospital after being stabbed several times by an intruder.
Police say the incident happened at 5.20pm in the Auckland suburb of Avondale when the would-be customer came into the shop and stabbed the shopkeeper repeatedly in the upper body.
Police are reportedly talking to a young male at the scene.
But we needn't fear, because the government insists that the crime rate is falling, and we KNOW that we can trust the government don't we?
12 comments:
Great post,unfortunately the politically controlled police have lost touch our people in our communities.
Please tell me you're emulating the excellent work over at the Dim Post and this is satire.
I'm afraid not HP. According to the good D/S the gang of teenagers wasn't doing anything wrong, they weren't shoplifting, they were just minding their own business when a group of Indian shpkeepers beat them up for no reason whatsoever!
I'm sure you can hear the interview replayed on the Newstalk ZB website. Larry Williams has been inundated with texts and e-mails!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the police couldn't protect their own officer when they were just around the corner.
And now they are trying to send this message. FFS.
I too heard the Larry Williams interview, and was shocked by the tone of the answers Larry received. The police spokesman twice referred to the Indian retailer using force that was clearly excessive. This was pre-judgment on his part of facts that need to be proved in court. In my view, the police spokesman has prejudiced the trial of the retailer and this should lead to the prosecution case being dismissed.
That Detective was on TV1 news tonight. I did not see all of it because of grandchildren running around but what I did see indicated he was a real adherent of the politically correct culture.
I think there needs to be concerted protest about this arrest - just not sure of the best way to go about it.
Do we still have all of those email addresses from the EFB days?
Great work Varinder! Sortem out me old Sikh warrior. It reports a hocky stick being used, I would have thought the Indian cricket skills more in order. You know, a massive drive knocking their balls clear over boundary into the stands for six.
Go for a century.
Who says immigration wasn't working!
anon 9.57.
The indians always put out a pretty mean hockey X1.
As an after thought perhaps the shopkeeper was related to the former indian cricketer, batted at 3 and the became a commentater with an original turn of phrase Navjot Sidhu was his name I think -he was put in the slammer for murder.
I'm afraid I started laughing when our clueless police officer said "dial 111". This will be the same police that waited 45 minutes while Navtej Singh lay dying. Or the ones that failed to prevent a Lotto shop owner being stabbed today.
And, of course, it doesn't count that the kid had a knife and managed to stab the guy in the leg. If the kid had been a little handier with a knife we may have been chalking up another murder.
Fortunately, most police I have met are not daft gits like this one.
Maybe the police are really a bunch of rednecks that are secretly anti-PC & anti-Liarbour?
By taking actions such as this they surely must make even the average Kiwi sit-up and say FFS!
Get a strong anti-police-pc reaction, and achieve their real beliefs!
I'm sure that Greg O'Connor is 100% anti-PC, and would knock this BS arrest on its head, but has to bow to that wally Broad so has his hands tied most of the time...
Excellent contributions thanks KS readers! I think that unwittingly, a significant election issue has just emerged - the role of the police, and the nature of policing under the Labour-led government.
why call 111?? why not call your mum or even talkback radio if you want to kill some time while being robbed and having the shit kicked out of you or worse. better still, why not just sit down and enjoy the restorative properties of a nice cup of tea?
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