Rockingham Detectives are appealing for information in relation to an incident in Naval Base in the early hours of Sunday, 13 May 2018 in which one victim was assaulted and another one threatened at knife point.
Around 6:30pm, a group of teenage males aged between 15 and 18 years set up camp on Horse Beach to spend the night fishing. Sometime after midnight, a group of 6 to 10 men walked into the camp site and threatened the teenagers, demanding their fishing rods, WA Police say.
One of the men struck an 18 year old victim to the head causing a laceration that required two staples to close. A second offender threatened another 18 year old victim with a knife. The men forced the victims to lie on the ground whilst they searched through their bags. The men walked off with the fishing rods and other personal property belonging to the victims.
The man armed with the knife is described as 20 to 30 years of age, fair skinned, 190cm to 200cm tall, with a large build and protruding stomach, short brown hair and facial stubble. He was wearing light coloured long pants and singlet.
Description of the other men are as follows:-
•About 19 years old, fair skinned, 175 to 180cm tall, with a slim build and blonde hair. He was, wearing a singlet and shorts;
•About 25 years old, tanned skin, 185 to 195cms tall, with a dark beard or moustache. He was wearing a blue hoodie and dark pants;
•About 19 years of age, fair skinned, 165 to 170cms tall with long brown hair; and
•The remaining men are 20 to 25 years of age, fair skinned, wearing dark coloured shirts and dark coloured shorts.
Detectives would like to speak to the owners of three cars parked in the car park of the beach (Riseley Road) on the day of the incident.
1)A white Holden Rodeo (approx. 89 model) 4 door;
2)An orange Holden Commodore SS (approx. 2010 model) sedan; and
3)A white Holden Landcruiser utility (approx. 2000 model), stickers on the rear, black rims, lift kit.
Detectives are appealing for anyone with information, or dashcam vision of people in the area from 4pm Saturday to 1am Sunday, to call Crime Stoppers.
