Barely could there be anything more frustrating.
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Mr Ristic has been running the Albury family Care Centre in Nurigong Street for a couple of years.
The selfish opportunism of crooks didn’t infringe on his ability to make the business a real goer in the early days.
But for six months now these selfish criminals have been increasingly making their mark.
On at least one occasion a month thieves have broken in and had their way.
In the most recent break-in, they stole two cars – one later found by police, the other still missing.
What has especially concerned Mr Ristic is the fact they also stole 50 car keys left in the dealership office.
And that’s only part of a story that includes thieved wheels, cut and broken fences, pinched number plates and other losses.
Yes, it’s enough to make anyone want to cry.
Mr Ristic is spot-on when he says these crooks clearly “have no regard for anyone or anything.
“How long can you keep doing that?” he says of the struggle to keep operating. I’ll just have to shut the doors and forget about it.”
It’s a desperate situation that he says can only be effectively addressed, for himself and every other similarly targeted business, by changing laws to ensure a stronger approach is taken by the courts in meting out punishment.
That’s a fair point, though one unlikely to make either any real difference or indeed have any chance of success of being implemented.
The far more effective approach comes down to the wider Border community.
Put simply, we are all the extra eyes and ears of the police.
They cannot, obviously be everywhere at once, which means people need to take more notice of suspicious activity and follow that through by reporting such crimes.
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