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Chris Tonkin bashed after daughter Lucy had $5 stolen

by sweet east pearl | June 20, 2008 at 02:09 am

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LITTLE Lucy Tonkin watched terrified and helpless as a group of three young men set upon her dad, Chris, then beat him savagely as he fell to the ground.

Mr Tonkin had confronted the group after they stole $5 from six-year-old Lucy while she was walking on the street about 50m from her home in suburban Newcastle on Wednesday afternoon.

"She had just made a letter to Santa and stuck these five $1 coins on the back of it," Mr Tonkin said.

"She's gone for a bit of a walk out the front and dropped the envelope and these guys have picked it up, taken the money and sworn at her."

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Broken Simulacra

at 03:32 on June 20th, 2008

It's really pathetic for these teenagers to be stealing from a 6 year old and bashing her dad all for the sake of $5. I hope the police catch these thugs. Unfortunately events like these are becoming more common and a lot of parents won't let their kids play outside anymore, which is pretty sad.