THE woman who was allegedly punched a number of times and forced into an SUV in Casey on Tuesday (June 1) has been identified by police.
Police say she is safe and well, and support services have been offered to her.
Witnesses saw the incident at about 1.20pm on Tuesday. They reported that the offender, a man, was driving a silver Toyota Kluger SUV with ACT registration YMH11M at the time.
The Kluger, which had been reported stolen on Monday, left the scene at speed. It was then seen around the Civic and Braddon area before police recovered it abandoned in Moncrieff that night.
At this time no charges have been laid and enquiries are continuing.
Anyone that has information that can assist police is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333000, or via the Crime Stoppers ACT website quoting reference number 6813259.
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![Teacher Vanessa Jones has been living in Higgins since 2001, and while she loves the area, she says she is “fed up” with the neglectful ACT government.
The Higgins shops have been completely abandoned, says Vanessa, preventing the opportunity for residents to have a community-centred space to socialise.
They only received bins nine months ago, she says, and requests for a water station and repairs to the bus station have gone unanswered.
“It’s very, very slow,” says Vanessa.
“I asked for the zebra crossing on Fullagar [Crescent] to be repainted, and we had to wait about six or nine months.
“That’s just such a long time… we pay a lot of rates.”
Vanessa says assistance from the government only seems to go to communities with time-rich and assertive communities, leaving places such as Higgins, where the majority of households have both adults working full-time and English may not be the first language of the family, at an automatic disadvantage.
“If you’ve got two people working, paying a mortgage, raising two or three kids, they don’t have the time,” says Vanessa.
Vanessa says the lack of attention quieter places such as Higgins is receiving is starting to look a lot like favouritism.
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