Killed for a bike!!!

[scblack]

A man in Melbourne has been stabbed to death for his bike.

As said in the story - "... we have to tell three children that daddy's not coming home".

Just for a friggen bike.

How pathetic can people get?

Man stabbed to death for his bike
August 26, 2005 - 7:11AM
SMH

A man stabbed to death in Melbourne by a gang who fled with his valuable racing bicycle was a father of three.

A Melbourne newspaper has identified the victim as 25-year-old Alex Cooper.

The man's name has not been formally released by police, who have said he was from suburban Reservoir.

The young father was pushing a yellow racing bicycle as he walked with his girlfriend, Michelle, when the group set upon him at the corner of Dight and Perry streets in Collingwood about 11.45am (AEST) yesterday.

Detective Senior Sergeant Ron Iddles said a man approached the victim with a knife and an argument broke out.

Two other men joined the first attacker and the victim was stabbed before the group fled with the bike, he said.

Mr Cooper's cousin, Nari Hudson, told a Melbourne newspaper: "For something as simple as a bike ... we have to tell three children that daddy's not coming home".

Mr Cooper had recently moved from Perth to Melbourne and was living with Michelle and their children, all aged under six, in north suburban Reservoir, relatives said.

"He was good, he was always just having fun," Ms Hudson said.

AAP

[Dozer]

What a sad world we live in.
Poor bloke, sorry for him and his young family.
What would have to go through your f*&kin head to want to kill someone in broad daylight to steal his pushi? What is the point? Damn pieces of shit need to be taught a few good lessons. I doubt they'll get that with our "justice" system.
Die you worthless piles of shit.

[Dumbellina]

I retract the earlier comment, out of respect.

I maintain these observations:

People who steal bikes in the way described, is a crime of opportunity. If Mr Cooper had been wearing a Rolex watch they probably would have taken that. The fact that he was stabbed to death and his bike taken indicates that the bike theft was an after thought.

We all know that high value bikes are rare and stealing them doesn't make a lot of sense unless you can move them interstate and sell to some unsuspecting person.

I think, without knowing all the facts and circumstances, that it is misreporting to suggest that he was killed for his bike.

[Adrian]

You're right. that statement does sound callous and stupid.

[scblack]

And now two guys have been charged with murder.

Excellent!

Two charged with stabbing murder
August 26, 2005 - 8:27AM
SMH/AGE
Two men have been charged with murder after a man was stabbed while pushing a bicycle in Melbourne.

Police said the men, aged 30 and 23 from Abbotsford in the city's inner east, were arrested last night and remanded into police custody.

Their arrests come after a 25-year-old man was stabbed to death in the neighbouring suburb of Collingwood yesterday.

The man's name has not been released by police, but a Melbourne newspaper newspaper today identified him as Alex Cooper.

The newspaper said Mr Cooper had recently moved from Perth to Melbourne and was living with his girlfriend, Michelle, and their three children.

A Victoria Police spokeswoman said detectives are continuing to look for the man's bike.

- AAP

[-DAvo]

thats bloody horrible!

i hope those punks get what they deserve!

RIP mate.

[sasser]

i feel disturbed when i see evidence of people stooping to such levels, the family must have been in some kind of financial trouble for them to have to resort to this. but murder is inexcusible in my books. the 2 degenerates will have to live with this on their concience for the rest of their day's and that will be the real punnishment.

[danv]

I think, without knowing all the facts and circumstances, that it is misreporting to suggest that he was killed for his bike.
I agree inasmuch as the facts aren't clear, and the headline jumps to a (possibly false) conclusion. Whilst I believe it is possible that they killed him for his bike, or that the theft of the bike triggered an altercation which esculated, I don't think people go around killing people for bikes to generate income. I think the media love to jump on these kind of 'theft gone bad' stories where a robbery has gone wrong and someone has been killed or injured. Then they can use the 'old lady killed for (insert everyday item, cash amount)' headline.

[wtr]

This is disturbing...I live not too far from there...

[Mahoney_007]

Fucking THEIVES pieces of shit.

Why can some dumb bitch who takes 2 E's to a shit club in a shit country wind up looking at 15 years jail time yet us idiots and our law system let this kind of stuff go on day after day and no one does anything?

I tell you its time for some vigilante groups to be formed cause the courts are not doing shit!!! Yes 2 worngs dont make a right but fuck me I am sick of hearing about another poor innocent person who works their arses out just so some punk kids screw them over like this.