reference crime report
This report is worth reading, not for it’s content but for the absolute destruction of the English language and the use of a non-witness (who, of course, prefers not to be identified) to describe the event.
“She saw a fellah all dressed in black. Black gloves, black everything.”
A bit specific surely. How, driving past, she can ascertain the occupation of a black-dressed person ( A Saharan agriculture worker) wearing black gloves is beyond my comprehension.
My memory tells me that Flaxmere is a suburb of Hastings in Hawkes Bay.
Language is about communication. In this case Gary Hamilton-Irvine failed – badly.
Obviously not a significant enough event to warrant calling 111 immediately or at least as soon as he/she had access to a phone.