Brutal Assault & Robbery At Hobsonville RSA

Waitakere CIB investigators are at the Hobsonville RSA in West Auckland where a female manager was brutally assaulted during an aggravated robbery this morning.

Investigators went to the RSA’s address in Hobsonville Road at about 9.30am Thursday 8 December 2011. On arrival they discovered that a masked man had entered the clubrooms and forcibly taken a sum of cash in notes and coins.

Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Andy King who is leading the investigation says the female manager arrived at the clubrooms soon after 8.00am this morning. As she began her routine cash preparations for another day of business, a masked man has burst into the office. He viciously punched and beat the victim with clenched fists. The intruder pulled the victim along the floor into another room and then bound her.

“The courageous victim managed to break free but was then rebound again. The offender took an undisclosed amount of cash in notes and coins from the club’s bar. He then fled the scene and ran onto Hobsonville Road. It’s not known if a car was used from this point. The offender did not speak either during the assault or the robbery. The female victim is at Waitakere Hospital where she is receiving treatment for facial injuries. She is traumatised and severely shaken by the incident.”

Police want to hear from anyone who has observed any suspicious behaviour in the area where the RSA is located. Members of the public will have been walking or driving on Hobsonville Road near the RSA prior to 8.00am. Anyone with information is urged to call the Waitakere CIB on 09 839.0600 or alternatively call Crime Stoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. - Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Andy King will be available to media for comment at the Hobsonville RSA at 3.00pm this afternoon. No further comment will be made prior to this.