92-year-old man one of several residents attacked at Alice Springs housing commission units

ABC NEWS (Australia)

A 92-year-old man and his daughter are calling on the Department of Housing to improve security at a block of housing commission units, after a series of attacks on elderly residents. Raymond Wilson was knocked to the ground in front of his Sadadeen home on Saturday morning, the third apparent attack on an elderly resident at the units this month.

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00:00At home he should be safe, but Raymond Wilson feels anything but since being attacked in

00:09front of his Malum Crescent unit.

00:11Well the worst one I had to be x-rayed for was in the knee and it's still sore.

00:17He's scared and not sleeping well.

00:19Even now I get that heavy worried feeling.

00:24Raymond's daughter Sharon Simpson also upset.

00:28Because we were already on edge because of the two other elderly gentlemen who had been

00:32attacked that week and allegedly by the same woman.

00:36So yes it was very distressing.

00:39Police say they're looking for a teenage girl in relation to the assaults.

00:44But Sharon and Raymond say they want the Department of Housing to take action to improve security

00:49at the block of units now.

00:51Because this isn't an isolated incident so I think it needs to be ramped up.

00:57It's old people getting targeted throughout because they can't fight back.

01:02They want better lighting, fencing and CCTV installed.

01:06Mainly so they can catch them and that will slow them down if they can catch a few of them.

01:11Sharon believes the Department of Housing's response has been too slow.

01:15I do know that emails go into a big black hole, they're not manned, you don't get a response.

01:23It's a matter of having to continue to go into housing and continue to put your case forward.

01:29The Department has been contacted for comment.

01:31The Department has been contacted for comment.

01:36Yeah.

01:37All right.

01:38All right.

01:40Let's do it.

01:41Okay.

01:44All right.

01:46All right.

01:49All right.

01:51All right.

01:53So yes.

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