He remained in the car with her child while she was forced to make the purchases.
This is the bit I don’t understand. How could he know she wouldn’t involve police the moment he let her out of sight? I know there’s the threat to the baby, but the risk he took there is unbelievable.
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 month ago
what thw actual fuck. that’s some ‘innocent civilian caught up in sci fi series shenanigans’ shit.
S_H_K@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
So insane at first I thought it was an onion article. Seems like an isolated event why someone would require laptops? A cyber security nutjob?
CameronDev@programming.dev 1 month ago
Buy with stolen credit cards, easy to flip on gumtree. The urgency is probably due to the cards getting cancelled at any time (or fraud protection kicking in)
Duenan@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I got worried as my best friend shops there with his family and let him know what had happened there just incase.
The whole thing is terrifying.
Makes me wonder what would have happened if she wasn’t able to purchase the laptops.
ajsadauskas@aus.social 1 month ago
@Duenan @Taleya "Police say the victim was getting out of her car at the Stud Park Shopping Centre last Friday night when she was confronted by a man who threatened her with a knife and forced her back into the driver's seat of her Suzuki S Cross."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-17/woman-child-abducted-melbourne-shopping-centre-laptops-police/103859562
There was a thread on here about someone considering moving to Rowville?
Yeah, here's a good example of why that's a bad idea...