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Windy min 12° - max 23° Police hunt Currimundi jogger's attacker
12:00a.m. 16th May 2008
The Currimundi pathway near where a 35-year-old woman was assaulted yesterday morning. Photo: Jason Dougherty/174760
A Caloundra woman struggled almost a kilometre with a suspected broken ankle after being attacked during her morning run at Currimundi yesterday.
The 35-year-old was in training for the Gold Coast marathon and had run from her Caloundra home to Warana, when on her return leg she was grabbed from behind on a pedestrian laneway between Currimundi’s Parklands Boulevard and Livistona Crescent just before 5.30am.
In the ensuing struggle she fell to the ground and seriously injured her ankle.
Her shouts caused the man to flee, leaving her injured and lying on the ground.
The brave woman managed to pull herself up and hobble almost a kilometre to Meridan State College where she found a cleaner, who came to her aid and called an ambulance and the police.
She spent most of yesterday in hospital, but until the swelling in her ankle goes down, doctors won’t be able to confirm whether she has fractured the bone as they suspect.
Bushland covers one side of the well-used pedestrian laneway and police believe the woman’s attacker may have been lying in wait.
The woman told police she remembered seeing a man standing next to a white four-wheel-drive type vehicle on nearby Kalana Road when she first ran through the area, about 45 minutes before the attack.
Detective Senior Constable Chris Eaton with the Caloundra CIB said police would like to speak with the man the woman saw so they can eliminate him from their enquiries.
They are also calling for any one who may have seen the man or any other person in the area to call Crime Stoppers with any information they might have on 1800 333 000.
It’s not believed the attack on the woman is linked to any other recent assaults, but police are investigating all avenues.
The news shocked residents of the usually quiet area yesterday.
Livistona Crescent and the surrounding streets are home to many young families.
Young mothers pushed their children in prams while their older children rode bikes through the quiet streets.
Almost all of those the Daily spoke to said they or their children used the path where the woman was attacked on a daily basis.
“My son rides his bike through there every day on his way to school,” Michelle Wright said.
“I’ll definitely be telling him to be more careful.
“There are so many young families in this area. And there are always joggers running through there early of a morning. It is just terrible to hear someone was attacked there.”
Janelle Ensbey was more blunt in her assessment of what had happened in her neighbourhood.
“That is just disgusting. It’s horrible,” she said.
“Why can’t a woman go for a run without the risk of being attacked? Why?”
Recent Comments
Probably not even a wallet or a purse either so if robbery was the motive it was dumb idea. I read stories in papers I see it on the news I am continually bemused as to why all these attacks are happening and why the attacks seem to be on the increase these days.
What is it that drives a male person to attack and rape an elderly woman? Why is it that some males think women are easy targets for all sorts of things. Is it a power struggle between the sexes or what?
Rape is not about gratifcation its about power and control, violence in an attack is the same thing.
Perhaps the fathers of today are failing in their duties as caring men to teach their sons from a very young age that it is not the done thing to ever hit or harm a woman and no its not ok to hit your sister because she is a woman in the making.
As with most things the learning of life's niceties and manners should be done in the home. A manly man never hits a woman if he does he is not a man he becomes an animal.
Is it only the father's role now to instill morals into sons ? Seems to me that BOTH parents should be constantly reinforcing that message. Any failings may not be due to the parents - the student must be a willing learner for a lesson to be taught !
But, the major issue is the safety of the community and this twit/grub needs to be caught. Things like this are often only solved with the valuable assistance of the community. Anyone who saw anything which may, or may not, be relevant should advise the Caloundra CIB so they can make the determination as to which category it falls into.
This is an example of how we all need to work together to protect each other - women, children and even men, sunnyone.
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