By Alesha Capone
A spate of tyre slashings in Manor Lakes and Wyndham Vale has prompted residents to urge the offender to consider the impact their actions have on the community.
Resident Paul Palis said he noticed his two front tyres had been slashed while his vehicle was parked in Eureka Drive about 4.30pm on January 15.
Mr Palis said the tyres, which were flat, both had cuts of about 20-25 millimetres in their treads.
Mr Palis said that at the time he was tired from his workday, supporting people with disability, and was wanting to spend the night with his children and make them dinner.
Instead, he spent the evening “angry and stressed” while calling tow trucks and tyre shops.
Mr Palis said that while most tyre shops were unable to help, Leo from Beaurepaires in Watton Street, Werribee came to his aid at 6.30pm.
Mr Palis, who reported the slashed tyres to police, said whoever was carrying out the offence needed to stop.
“These people don’t think how families are affected by their actions,” he said.
Another resident, who asked to remain anonymous, said the front tyres of his vehicle were slashed when it was parked outside his Field Street house.
Neighbours knocked on his door to inform him that his tyres were flat about 9.30am on January 19.
The man said his tyres had a “very subtle pattern” of puncture marks in multiple places.
The man is now facing a bill of least $1000 to replace the tyres, and is looking into installing security cameras at his property.
The man said he moved to Manor Lakes after his Werribee house was burgled.
“My moving to Manor Lakes was part of wanting to move to a safer area, a nicer area, and this [the tyre slashings] has left me shaken,” he said.
The man said that since his tyres were slashed, he has signed a petition calling on the state government to build a police station in Wyndham Vale or Manor Lakes.
The, which has been signed by 923 people, was started by Wyndham Vale father Kanwar Singh. Details: bit.ly/3mUDdoA
