Robbery with violence, East Mackay
Mackay police are investigating an incident in which a photographer was assaulted and robbed on Binnington Esplanade in East Mackay, near Town Beach, on August 28.
Around 7:30 pm, the 25-year-old man was waiting for a lift after having taken some photos in the area.
It is alleged that three males approached him and asked him for a cigarette.
On answering “no”, one of the three males punched the 25-year-old to the right side of his jaw, knocking him to the ground and knocking him unconscious for a short time.
Upon regaining consciousness, the photographer returned to his feet and realised his camera bag had been stolen. His camera bag contained the following items:
- sandisk SD card 128 gb
- WD 2TB pro hard drive
- apple macbook pro laptop with a 13″ screen
- camera batteries
- camera tripod
- sony camera lenses
- sony a72 black camera
- black LOWEPRO camera bag (writing in orange)
- iPhone 7 plus
The following descriptions have been provided to police:
- Male one: Indigenous in appearance, 185cm tall, 90 – 95kg, dark complexion, bald head. At the time of the incident, he was wearing dark blue jeans, white shoes, black hooded jumper with a white motif on the upper right chest.
- Male two: Caucasian in appearance, tall and thin build, old/weathered complexion, with a tattoo on left side of neck. At the time of the incident, he was wearing a red and black flanelette shirt, dark board shorts and thongs.
- Male three: Pale complexion, dark coloured t-shirt.
If anyone has information about this particular matter that they wish to share with police, you can call the Mackay Police Station on 07 4968 3444 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 any time of the day. The police report number to refer to is QP1701508552.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling 1800 333 000 or via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.
Source: Mackay Crime Alert
