Police action expected
I am writing this to show the inaction of the local police in this area.
I am a returned soldier from WW II. I joined up in 1940 and was discharged in 1946.
In the last three years, I have had three major operations which have left me more or less house-bound.
Approximately three months ago, I had an attempted home invasion where my wife and I fought off the intruder, but not before he knocked my wife and myself down.
This intruder was armed with a length of piping which caught me in the neck leaving me cross-eyed for five or six weeks.
There was also damage to my daughters car, which was partly covered by insurance.
The police were notified, but since Woy Woy Police Station has been downgraded, police had to come from Gosford, almost half an hour away.
Luckily we did not have to go to hospital as a local community nurse came to our assistance.
Since this attack, I have had the run-around by police about the whole affair: either the officer handling the case is on holidays, or sick or not on duty, etc, etc.
I told the officer at the time that I thought the attacker was a high school student, approximately 17-18 years old, but he did not seem to listen to me.
When my sight returned to normal, about five or six weeks later, I borrowed a pair of binoculars and went looking outside the local high school, Woy Woy High, for almost a fortnight and there I saw the youth I believe to be my attacker.
Satisfied that this was our home invader, I went one afternoon to the street where I thought he might live, and sure enough he was there, although at this stage I am unsure of his house number.
I notified the officer of my findings but he more or less told me I did not know what I was talking about and the last thing I know was the case was put on hold.
The lout in question goes past my house every day to and from school, and at my age he has me very frightened.
I have had to put sensor lights around my house at a very considerable cost to my wife and myself, just so that we can feel that little bit safer.
The attacker has since been back to my house and has removed wire frames from our windows and we know it is the same person as he was seen.
I hope you are able to assist my wife and I in this matter, as due to the attack, I am now completely house-bound.
(Name and address supplied)