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A South Auckland mum woke to “a man smashing her in the face” as her 16-month-old son lay sleeping next to her.
Memree Warid , a mother of three, is undergoing surgery this week to repair fractures to her cheekbone and jaw inflicted on her by a would-be burglar.
Mrs Warid can’t remember much about the attack except the terror of a stranger straddling her and beating her with his fists.
Her husband Charian had just left home with his brother for an early morning gym workout when the attack happened.
“It was pretty scary, especially waking up with someone on top of you and not knowing who they are.
“I had no idea what had happened – I thought she might be ill or something but I didn’t know until I walked in.
When he reached the gym 20 minutes later he received a call from his 10-year-old son to say his wife was swollen and bleeding.
“I felt sick in the stomach – my two sons were awake and all I saw was blood everywhere. .
“I just saw Memree with swollen eyes, swollen cheeks and asked her what happened.
She was unable to give police a description of her attacker because he abandoned his robbery attempt after the flurry of punches.”
Mrs Warid was taken to hospital but her 16-month-old son Deosi was unscathed.
“He’s tripped over the table and landed on me.
The couple believe the burglar got in through an unlocked ranchslider and tripped over a coffee table which they routinely place next to the door. He would’ve totally freaked out feeling a body under him and probably his first instinct was to start smashing,” she says. He would’ve totally freaked out feeling a body under him and probably his first instinct was to start smashing,” she says.
The couple’s car was also broken into recently.
A neighbour’s ranchslider was opened on the same night and another neighbour was robbed two weeks ago and is now moving out.
“Just double-check everything is locked before you go to bed.
“We never thought it would happen to us but we left the sliding door unlocked – that was our mistake.
“He possibly thought that the house was empty and entered.”
Detective sergeant Dave French thinks the man might have been watching the house and entered it after seeing Mr Warid and his brother leave.”
Police inquiries this week will focus on forensic evidence from the house and checking for other break-ins or disturbances in the Takanini Rd area. He then tripped on to Mrs Warid and lashed out.
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“We’re interested in hearing from anybody who might have seen something in the street that morning and from any neighbours who have had problems
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Prostitutes are locked in a battle for the streets with a community group that wants them and their kerb-crawling customers gone.
Residents of south Auckland suburb Papatoetoe have declared war on street-walking hookers and formed The Papatoetoe Community Patrol to drive them and their clients out of infamous red-light area Hunter’s Corner.
A 2005 report by the Prostitution Law Review Committee estimated there were 423 sex workers in the Counties Manukau Police District, with 150 on the street.
The patrols come as the Manukau City Council tries for a second time to make street prostitutes illegal, following a failed attempt in 2006 by Manurewa MP and former police minister George Hawkins.
“These people are unregulated.
The Papatoetoe community group scares off the hookers’ customers by breaking up their negotiations and warning them of the potential health dangers of sleeping with prostitutes.
In just over a year, three members of the 15-strong patrol group have been assaulted and they’ve had to change their patrol car three times because prostitutes have lashed out with weapons. Some of them carry diseases, so there’s a risk not only to the client but also the client’s partner,” patrol member Stephen Grey told .
“They take to them with rocks, take to them with shopping trolleys, take to them with crow bars, kick them, kick the tail lights in.
“The cars we use get considerable damage on them,” Grey said. .”
He said the group had “broad shoulders” and wouldn’t be deterred.
The group is also sending the prostitutes’ clients letters, tracking them down through their car registration plates.
“Ultimately we’d like the legislation changed so selling sexual services in the street is illegal,” Grey said.
Grey said the group had sent “hundreds” of them.
The letters contained in pink envelopes alert them to the fact they’ve been spotted and warn them of the dangers of their late-night activities.
“We don’t send the letter unless we’re absolutely sure they are negotiating with a street worker or they have picked a street worker up and we have two or three people in the car to confirm that,” he said.
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Some recipients had contacted the group to deny they were kerb-crawling but Grey said the patrol was careful about who they send them to.
“We’re really upset this is happening,” she said.
Prostitutes Collective national co-ordinator Catherine Healy said she found the group’s actions “astounding”. The men aren’t law breakers, assuming they are seeking someone over the age of 16. “It’s harassment.
Healy said the patrol groups’ actions were not the solution.”
There had been similar action taken around the country, Healy said, but this was the first time a “formal, organised group” had targeted street workers.
Grey said the patrol’s actions were a last resort, borne out of frustration with authorities not solving the issue.
Grey said the patrol’s actions were a last resort, borne out of frustration with authorities not solving the issue.
“We’ve had enough of the activities of these street workers and the body waste they leave behind, the condoms they leave lying around and the activity that goes all night long,” Grey said.
“It’s (also) the way they go about their soliciting. Some of them place themselves in residential areas.
“They work there all night and every car that goes by, they yell at, and if the car doesn’t stop they yell abuse at the car and this goes on all night.”
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Worst rain over for most – but not all
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DRIVING RAIN: Eden Terrace in Auckland after a downpour this morning.
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SPLASH: Motorists in Auckland contend with the hazardous driving conditions.
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MetService posts severe weather watch
Severe rain soaking much of the country today,disrupting traffic and causing surface flooding,is expected to gradually ease in most places this afternoon.
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DISGUSTING DISCHARGE: Untreated sewage flowed onto the corner of Tory St and Courtenay Pl in Wellington this morning. It had already begun to clear in Nelson, Taranaki and the tip of Northland, he said.
MetService forecaster Peter Smith said the band of rain sweeping New Zealand was expected to ease gradually this afternoon in much of the country, though less intense showers would remain. The West Coast is also expected to be stuck with consistent heavy rain.
However, the rain would continue in parts of the country including the lower South Island from Canterbury to Balclutha.5mm in just one hour.
The falls had been the heaviest around Mt Taranaki which had received 277mm since 9pm last night including 41. .
The Hutt Valley had recorded 67mm and the Wellington suburb of Kelburn 62mm.
Commuters walking close to the intersection of Courtenay Pl and Tory St in Wellington reported untreated sewage overflowingin the street.
A rush-hour delugein Wellington this morning caused surface flooding and sewage overflows and slowed traffic to a crawl.
"Essentially, a narrow band of heavy rain has come through Wellington this morning, unfortunately coinciding with rush hour traffic," he said.
MetService severe weather forecaster Allister Gorman said Wellington Airport had received 20 millimetres of rain over a four-hour period this morning."
The torrential rain also caused traffic woes in Auckland.
"This band is slowly moving north and will probably weaken as the morning goes on, however there is a chance of a few more heavy falls through to this afternoon. The Southern Motorway, in the city bound lane, also experienced serious congestion.
The Northern motorway – from Albany to the Harbour Bridge -camea standstill this morning.
A number of slips have also plagued the Rimutaka Ranges today, with police saying the Featherston side was particularly affected.
Police said there had been 12 minor car accidents around the lower North Island but there had been no serious injuries.
Police said motorists needed to take care when driving today and to watch their speed and following distances. Police are advising motorists to be careful when using the road. It advised users to try again when traffic was lighter for fuller forecasts. It advised users to try again when traffic was lighter for fuller forecasts.
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