Sorry to have to report this, but people may need to think twice about using the Edinburgh Gardens after dark at the moment.
Around 1-2am fri night (sat am) a friend was crash-tackled off his bike and bashed by a group of five people, while another ten or so looked on.
Z was riding through the park with friend Y. Y stopped to take a leak, and Z rode ahead. Y went to catch up, and noticed a commotion further ahead and went to investigate. Z had been tackled off his bike, was told to hand over phone and wallet, and then bashed for good measure, with kicks to the head and face.
Z now has a cut mouth and a bruised and sore jaw. If he had been walking, and not wearing a helmet, wtf?
What’s wrong with some people? The Edinburgh gardens are beautiful after dark and should be able to be enjoyed by everyone.
If anyone has any information about this incident, or knows of any parties that were going on in the gardens that night, can they please contact the Fitzroy police station on 9419 4311 or make an anonymous call to crimestoppers on 1800 333 000.
NB. I can appreciate it might sound peculiar to some, and the armchair forensics would like to know who said what, who started who etc, but I have no reason to believe there is anything inaccurate in this account.
i live right accross the road from eddi gardens
nothings ever happend to me
it used to be peacefull but its getting rough out there, ride on the road or with friends
i too live on the gardens.
i had a bottle thrown at me and two friends by people who were meant to be my friends. hit my friend on the leg. i think i have some idea of a gang that hangs out around in the gardens on friday and sat nights. It seems as though they are starting to get a bit roudy. will make a call if i found out anything more
Thanks everyone for the feedback, the Z man is well. Cops are working on it, keep an eye out, and the neighbours in the area on the night were extremely helpful, apparently these kids have been an issue for a while. It’s just a shame that it had to come to a head like this.
I am now imagining a complicated self-defence style based on the full and pocket-sized d-locks… or maybe a krypto and an abus chain … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qJKxaWb0_A Ni ten ichi krypto? More like Ecky Thump…
A while ago there was a series of muggings in the North Carlton/North Fitzroy area. Then they found a dead guy near the Nth Carlton Primary a few weeks ago.
Or stand on the prone body of jerk number one, covered in his blood screaming “Alright, who fucking wants some?”
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Best juxtapos of content and .sig I’ve seen in ages. Yeah, violence begets more violence, I can see that. But I thought the cops had better things to do than act as social workers for idle droogs who are developing a taste for the old ultra-violence.
Man that sucks, I’m always walking through Eddy Gardens with the girlie on the way home - I haven’t seen anything really dodgy there before but might be worth a rethink walking thru late at night.
Hope your mate(s) have some luck with the po-lice.
bumping this for two reasons - there was another mugging there last Monday night, and the cops have caught two of the guys, their impending trial was announced today on 774am. Bring D-locks
jeez, I’m just about to move home to melbourne after many years away- I’ll be riding through the gardens at night after work when i get back, or maybe not
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:-o :lol: :evil: 
