Hair netted as police act on a snip-off
Police said yesterday they had confiscated 11 human hair pony tails
from a house in the inner Melbourne suburb of Carlton.
They have called for anyone to come forward who may have been
assaulted and had their pony tail clipped and stolen or who may have
sold their pony tails.
Police also confiscated a bag of human hair, which the occupant of the
house told them came from wigs.
Their investigations were sparked after a woman at Merlynston railway
station in Melbourne's north had her pony tail cut and stolen. While
sifting through their crime files, transit police found a similar
offence late last year at a Melbourne city railway station. On that
information, they issued a search warrant at the Carlton house
yesterday.
The occupant told them he obtained the pony tails by going up to women
in the street and offering them money for their locks.
Police also confiscated several clippings from the house which
appeared to have been photocopied from books.
The clippings described attacks on women whose hair was cut off. One
read: "All three seized her. She screamed and a large hand covered her
nose and mouth... Her wide, dilated eyes saw the long strands of her
hair falling from her head as the sheers did their brutal work... When
her head was completely shaved they let her go."
Senior Detective Andrew Kilpatrick, of the Transit CIB, today called
for anyone who sold their pony tails or who had the hair stolen to
come forward.
Senior Detective Kilpatrick is questioning a 33-year-old man over the
matters.
Anyone with information can contact Transit CIB on 9610 2757 or Crime
Stoppers on 1800-333-000.
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