India At Melbourne E-Magazine India At Melbourne | Page 5

facebook.com/indiaatmelbourne
www.indiaatmelbourne.com.au
LOCAL NEWS
Body of 79yo man recovered from Melbourne surgeon still fighting for
Murray River, east of Adelaide
life after one-punch attack
The body of an Adelaide grandfather has been recovered from
the Murray River in South Australia, after the boat he was on with
two of his grandchildren capsized.
The trio, including
79-year-old Norman
Grace, were on a
tinny near the Ukee
Boat Club at Murray
Bridge East, when
the boat got into
trouble at about
3:00pm on Sunday.
The two children,
who were wearing
life jackets, made it
to shore unharmed
but when Mr Grace
did not resurface the
alarm was raised.
Police and SES crews began searching the area as his family
waited for news on shore.
His daughter Kylie Jacobs said it was a "nightmare". "They
were just in the river with the boats and as far as I know [the boat]
just started to go under," she said.
"He was treading water and he put his head back and he went
under. "It's surreal, I'm here with my sisters and my mum." Around
8:00pm police divers recovered his body. Areport is being prepared
for the coroner.
Two Perth teens charged
over WA police attack
TWO teens have been charged over an attack on a pair of WA
policemen that landed one officer in hospital with a concussion.
Police were originally called over a group of youths behaving
disorderly, smashing bottles and drinking alcohol near the Madora
Bay lookout at 7pm o n Saturday.
Some of the teens moved on to a Lakelands home, where they
turned on police.
A Mandurah Police Station sergeant was hit in the back of the
head and taken to Peel Health Campus where he stayed overnight
for a serious concussion and soreness to the skull and shoulder,
police say. A senior constable was also hit and bruised in the
incident. Two 17-year-olds have been charged with assaulting a
public officer and will both appear in the Mandurah Children's
Court on June 19.
A Melbourne
surgeon brutally
attacked outside the
hospital where he
worked is expected to
remain in a critical
condition for the next
48 hours.
Heart surgeon
Patrick Pritzwald-
Stegmann is fighting
for his life at The Alfred
Hospital after he was allegedly
punched near the entrance to Box
Hill Hospital on Tuesday night. A
hospital spokeswoman said the
surgeon was likely to remain in a
critical condition for the next 48
hours.
The Australian Medical
Association has condemned the
attack, saying violence has become
a
common
occurrence in
hospitals.
Joseph Esmaili,
22, did not apply
for bail when he
faced Melbourne
Magistrates' Court
on
Thursday
accused of the one-
punch attack. Mr
Esmaili's lawyer told
the court her client was suffering
from a number of "psychiatric
illnesses" for which he had been
prescribed medication, as well as
drug withdrawal symptoms.
‘World’s longest cat’finds internet fame
SYDNEY-Omar was the same
size as all the other kittens in his
litter when he was taken home
by his owner Stephy Hirst in
2013.
But now the 120cm (3ft 11in)
Maine Coon from Melbourne,
Australia, could be the world’s
longest domestic cat.
After the supersized feline
found internet fame to match, Ms
Hirst said Guinness World
Records contacted her to send
in his measurements.
The current record-holder is a
118cm (3ft 10.5in) Maine Coon
from Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
Ms Hirst started a social media
account for Omar two weeks ago
and one of her photos was shared
on the Cats of Instagram account
more than 270,000 times.
The typically placid pet has
since been featured in major
Australian newspapers and on
national TV.
“He hasn’t really been coping
with all the attention,” Ms Hirst
told the BBC. “He had a little bit
of a meltdown this morning.”
Omar typically rises at 05:00, eats
a couple of scoops of dry cat food
for breakfast, lounges around the
house, plays in the backyard, naps
on the trampoline and eats raw
kangaroo meat for dinner. “We
buy human-grade kangaroo meat
at the supermarket,” Ms Hirst said.
“It’s the only meat we could find
that he actually wants to eat.”
The overgrown pet has lots of
personality and leaves lots of hair that Photoshopped?’or ‘that can’t
be real’ and then they see him in
the flesh.” Once Guinness World
Records receives evidence for
record attempts, it can take up to
12 weeks for a response.
around the house. Weighing in
at 14kg (31lb), Omar is too heavy
to regularly pick up. Ms Hirst has
to use a dog crate to take him to
the vet. “He does take up a bit
too much room on the bed so he
gets locked out of the bedroom
at night,” Ms Hirst said.
Omar has also displayed a
talent for opening doors, kitchen
cupboards, shower screens and
wardrobes. “All of our friends
want to come over and see our
cat,” Ms Hirst said. “They say ‘is Guinness representatives in
London confirmed they had
received an application “from
Omar and his family” but Ms Hirst
said staking a claim to fame is
“not important” to her. She thinks
Omar would prefer to go back to
his laid-back lifestyle.“He’s just
looking forward to napping on the
trampoline, chowing down on
some more kangaroo and trying
to keep us awake at night,” she
said.“I think he’ll be glad to go
back to being a normal housecat.”
Cousins described as a 'broken man'
The former partner of jailed AFL
premiership player Ben Cousins has
described the father of her children as a
"broken man" whose drug abuse has
destroyed him. Maylea Tinecheff has spoken
about the former West Coast Eagles captain,
describing how his meth use led to paranoia,
lies, stealing and violence. "The drugs have
destroyed him," she told Seven's Sunday
Night program. "He's a broken man. It's very
sad." Ms Tinecheff, who also has a history
of drug use but insists she is now clean,
says the Brownlow medallist has used drugs
in front of her. "He was extremely out of
control," she said.
5
June, 2017
Cousins is serving a
one-year prison sentence
after he pleaded guilty to
stalking and repeatedly
breaching a violence
restraining order taken out
by his ex-partner, with
whom he has two children,
aged three and five.
The VRO breaches
stemmed from Cousins
visiting his children's school
and church, and calling Ms Tinecheff.
He called her more than 2000 times
between October and February.
"He'd just turn up at my
house in the middle of the
night (and) bang on the
door," she said.
But Ms Tinecheff admits
she still loves Cousins.
"The kids need you, we
need you, just come home
to us," she said.
Last month, Cousins was
acquitted of an outstanding
meth possession charge
after prosecutors conceded they did not have
enough evidence. The 38-year-old was also
recently involved in a minor scuffle while
behind bars but was not injured.
If Cousins is granted parole, he could be
released from prison in August.
Before his imprisonment, Cousins was
involved in many bizarre incidences, including
a spate in 2015 when he led police on a
slow-speed car chase, breached security
at an SAS base, drove erratically outside a
Sikh temple he had just photographed, and
climbed onto the roof of a two-storey home.
In 2016, he was spotted behaving erratically
on a Perth highway where he appeared to
be directing traffic. Ms Tinecheff will reportedly
provide further insight into some of those
incidences on the program.
India at Melbourne