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Speaker 1: Well, it was pretty mortifying on Friday when we heard from Ian out there at the Berry Springs tavern about that ram raid that they'd been subjected to. I know that plenty of you have then viewed that vision, that security vision, which really saw exactly what had gone on. They're in there allegedly for about six minutes. We know that a staff member, two staff members had hidden in the office. One of those was Ian's daughter. It was scary stuff. And when you heard the emotion in Ian's voice on Friday, I think everybody felt sort of really quite sad, as we felt again this morning hearing from Karl in Alice Springs and joining me on the line right now is Tim Button. Now. He is the student who had his land Cruisers stolen and it was actually the one that was used in that Berry Springs ram raid. Good morning, Tim.
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Speaker 2: How's it going?
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Speaker 1: Not too bad mate? How are you and what happened last week?
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Speaker 2: Honestly? Yeah, just still pretty frustrated at the moment. Yeah, might peer for a trade school and had my car parked at fee to you where I'm staying, And yeah, I work up in the morning to go to trade school on the Friday, And yes, mask, guss on the ground and no car to be found.
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Speaker 1: Mate, What were your thoughts when you walked out and you can't see your car?
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Speaker 2: Honestly? Yeah, just shock at the first and then yeah, a bit of realization and obviously a lot of anger. Yeah, from other springs. Obviously it's nothing new to me, but obviously you hear about in town. When it happens to you, it's a bit harder.
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Speaker 1: Yeah for sure. Now have you seen that vision of the ram rad out at Berry Springs And what's your reaction then when you're seeing your vehicle being used in that way? Yeah?
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Speaker 2: Again yeah, pretty much just shock and anger. Just how can someone do that to someone? Obviously, Yeah, obviously putting that business in Yeah, a lot of money to recover from that, and yeah, knowing there's people in there, it's pretty heartbreaking to see.
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Speaker 1: It was bloody devastating, you know. When we caught up with Ian who was the owner of the Berry Springs tavern last week and it's terrible, you know, even hearing from you. You're up here studying and then to have your vehicle stolen while you're there staying out at CDU, it's you know, it's not something that you want as a student.
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Speaker 2: No, that's right. Obviously, apprenticeship's hard to get through at the moment as it is, and this definitely isn't an added bonus, that's for sure.
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Speaker 1: Mate. What kind of personal impact does it then have on you in terms of trying to do your apprenticeship, trying to do your studies and not having your vehicle.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, obviously I drove up here just because trade school's a bit of a drive from where I'm staying, so obviously that's a bit tricky. But one of the boys here is giving me a less to and front. But yeah, just makes everything a bit trickier now I'm trying to organize flight time. Yeah, overnight, unfortunately the car was stolen again from the police impound yard out at what I Want and recovered this morning in a non drivable state. They said, apparently there's oil and d's are leaking from it, so they've probably written it off this time. But yeah, it's got stolen last night from the impound yard, given through the gates there and you're joking. Yeah, so not only accident.
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Speaker 1: Not only stolen last week and obviously using that ram ray, but now stolen again from the police impounding.
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Speaker 2: What a Yeah, oh.
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Speaker 1: Mate, do you have any idea what state your vehicles in?
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Speaker 2: I haven't seen any pictures of it yet. I talked to a police officer from Darwin, not directly to what I They said, it's no longer in a drug will state. Obviously the ignition has been bashed out of it so they can start it. But when they found it this morningparently had to be towed back. It was no longer able to be driven.
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Speaker 1: So how does that make you feel? You know, I'm assuming that as a young apprentice, you know it like it's it's actually a big call to save your money for your car, and I would imagine that's made you feel even more devastated than what you felt last week.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's it obviously. Yeah, it's my pride and enjoy. So yeah, boys, keep it, keep it nice and shiny, and yeah, when you see that gets happened to it, it's pretty frustrating.
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Speaker 1: So what's the process now for you, Tim, in terms of trying to get your car back, particularly after it's then been stolen from the compound? Where is that even?
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Speaker 2: So apparently it's been towed back to the police compound. I'm not again not sure what condition. And obviously even now that the compound has been broken into, I'm not sure how secure it is at the moment. And yeah, now we're going through insurances. You have to be bringing it back to Dalin for assessment. But obviously not much hope there for what condition.
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Speaker 1: It's been in terms of like that financial you know, the financial aspect of it, like how much is your car worth and what's you know, what's what's it mean?
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Speaker 2: You now, Yeah, it's probably worth in today's market around twenty five to thirty grand for a Vancouver Luckily it is insured. So just going through that at the moment to get that or assorted. Yeah, not too sure at the moment, just waiting for all those steps to take place.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, mate, Obviously, you know we talk a lot about crime. You know, some days I think to myself, we'll try and have a day where we don't talk about crime, but unfortunately that never, you know, it never really happens. How Like, how's it for you coming from Alice Springs, I know you're an Alice Springs boy and dealing with the issues that they've got in Alice and then coming up to Darwin and being subjected to this.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, obviously, Yeah, a bit of a shock. I knew it was bad up here, but obviously there's a few people warn me that always keep it locked and you know, be careful of it. But I thought, oh, coming from Alice, I've never had any issues there, do the same. But yeah, it's just a bit of a shock to us. Wide issue and nothing seems to be done about it. You've seen yeah, back in ours at home, we've got concrete bollers going up everywhere. That's just main street of town's just all plywood windows, no more glass anymore. It's becoming a ghost town. It's hard to see.
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Speaker 1: Oh mate, I'm really grateful that you've had a chat with us this morning. I appreciate you telling us exactly what's gone on and your story. Can you keep us up to date with how things go in terms of getting your car back as well, because I know that that's been an issue for some of our other listeners who have had their vehicles stolen then taken out to different communities and it's you know, the process of getting it back has been a tough one for some people. But if you're able to keep us up to date, we'd really appreciate. I think it's I think it's you know, it's good for people to know the impact that this has sort of longer term as well, in terms of getting your car back and trying to go through that process with insurance.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure, and I'd be happy to Yeah, obviously it wasn't just a car, and so I've got content in that personal content that am now missing as well. So just sort of going through all those steps to rekindle it all back and get back to square one.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. Oh mate, I appreciate your time this morning before I let you go. How far into your apprenticeship are you?
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Speaker 2: I'm second year this year, so two more years to go and then i'll be licensed.
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Speaker 1: Oh good on you mate. Well, I really appreciate you speaking to me this morning, and I'm really sorry to hear what's going on for you. And I hope that you get that car back and I hope that you know everything goes well with insurance.
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Speaker 2: No, thanks for having me.
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Speaker 1: Thank you,
Speaker 1: Well, it was pretty mortifying on Friday when we heard from Ian out there at the Berry Springs tavern about that ram raid that they'd been subjected to. I know that plenty of you have then viewed that vision, that security vision, which really saw exactly what had gone on. They're in there allegedly for about six minutes. We know that a staff member, two staff members had hidden in the office. One of those was Ian's daughter. It was scary stuff. And when you heard the emotion in Ian's voice on Friday, I think everybody felt sort of really quite sad, as we felt again this morning hearing from Karl in Alice Springs and joining me on the line right now is Tim Button. Now. He is the student who had his land Cruisers stolen and it was actually the one that was used in that Berry Springs ram raid. Good morning, Tim.
00:00:51
Speaker 2: How's it going?
00:00:52
Speaker 1: Not too bad mate? How are you and what happened last week?
00:00:58
Speaker 2: Honestly? Yeah, just still pretty frustrated at the moment. Yeah, might peer for a trade school and had my car parked at fee to you where I'm staying, And yeah, I work up in the morning to go to trade school on the Friday, And yes, mask, guss on the ground and no car to be found.
00:01:14
Speaker 1: Mate, What were your thoughts when you walked out and you can't see your car?
00:01:20
Speaker 2: Honestly? Yeah, just shock at the first and then yeah, a bit of realization and obviously a lot of anger. Yeah, from other springs. Obviously it's nothing new to me, but obviously you hear about in town. When it happens to you, it's a bit harder.
00:01:34
Speaker 1: Yeah for sure. Now have you seen that vision of the ram rad out at Berry Springs And what's your reaction then when you're seeing your vehicle being used in that way? Yeah?
00:01:45
Speaker 2: Again yeah, pretty much just shock and anger. Just how can someone do that to someone? Obviously, Yeah, obviously putting that business in Yeah, a lot of money to recover from that, and yeah, knowing there's people in there, it's pretty heartbreaking to see.
00:02:00
Speaker 1: It was bloody devastating, you know. When we caught up with Ian who was the owner of the Berry Springs tavern last week and it's terrible, you know, even hearing from you. You're up here studying and then to have your vehicle stolen while you're there staying out at CDU, it's you know, it's not something that you want as a student.
00:02:19
Speaker 2: No, that's right. Obviously, apprenticeship's hard to get through at the moment as it is, and this definitely isn't an added bonus, that's for sure.
00:02:28
Speaker 1: Mate. What kind of personal impact does it then have on you in terms of trying to do your apprenticeship, trying to do your studies and not having your vehicle.
00:02:37
Speaker 2: Yeah, obviously I drove up here just because trade school's a bit of a drive from where I'm staying, so obviously that's a bit tricky. But one of the boys here is giving me a less to and front. But yeah, just makes everything a bit trickier now I'm trying to organize flight time. Yeah, overnight, unfortunately the car was stolen again from the police impound yard out at what I Want and recovered this morning in a non drivable state. They said, apparently there's oil and d's are leaking from it, so they've probably written it off this time. But yeah, it's got stolen last night from the impound yard, given through the gates there and you're joking. Yeah, so not only accident.
00:03:18
Speaker 1: Not only stolen last week and obviously using that ram ray, but now stolen again from the police impounding.
00:03:25
Speaker 2: What a Yeah, oh.
00:03:29
Speaker 1: Mate, do you have any idea what state your vehicles in?
00:03:34
Speaker 2: I haven't seen any pictures of it yet. I talked to a police officer from Darwin, not directly to what I They said, it's no longer in a drug will state. Obviously the ignition has been bashed out of it so they can start it. But when they found it this morningparently had to be towed back. It was no longer able to be driven.
00:03:51
Speaker 1: So how does that make you feel? You know, I'm assuming that as a young apprentice, you know it like it's it's actually a big call to save your money for your car, and I would imagine that's made you feel even more devastated than what you felt last week.
00:04:09
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's it obviously. Yeah, it's my pride and enjoy. So yeah, boys, keep it, keep it nice and shiny, and yeah, when you see that gets happened to it, it's pretty frustrating.
00:04:18
Speaker 1: So what's the process now for you, Tim, in terms of trying to get your car back, particularly after it's then been stolen from the compound? Where is that even?
00:04:29
Speaker 2: So apparently it's been towed back to the police compound. I'm not again not sure what condition. And obviously even now that the compound has been broken into, I'm not sure how secure it is at the moment. And yeah, now we're going through insurances. You have to be bringing it back to Dalin for assessment. But obviously not much hope there for what condition.
00:04:50
Speaker 1: It's been in terms of like that financial you know, the financial aspect of it, like how much is your car worth and what's you know, what's what's it mean?
00:05:00
Speaker 2: You now, Yeah, it's probably worth in today's market around twenty five to thirty grand for a Vancouver Luckily it is insured. So just going through that at the moment to get that or assorted. Yeah, not too sure at the moment, just waiting for all those steps to take place.
00:05:18
Speaker 1: Yeah, mate, Obviously, you know we talk a lot about crime. You know, some days I think to myself, we'll try and have a day where we don't talk about crime, but unfortunately that never, you know, it never really happens. How Like, how's it for you coming from Alice Springs, I know you're an Alice Springs boy and dealing with the issues that they've got in Alice and then coming up to Darwin and being subjected to this.
00:05:44
Speaker 2: Yeah, obviously, Yeah, a bit of a shock. I knew it was bad up here, but obviously there's a few people warn me that always keep it locked and you know, be careful of it. But I thought, oh, coming from Alice, I've never had any issues there, do the same. But yeah, it's just a bit of a shock to us. Wide issue and nothing seems to be done about it. You've seen yeah, back in ours at home, we've got concrete bollers going up everywhere. That's just main street of town's just all plywood windows, no more glass anymore. It's becoming a ghost town. It's hard to see.
00:06:16
Speaker 1: Oh mate, I'm really grateful that you've had a chat with us this morning. I appreciate you telling us exactly what's gone on and your story. Can you keep us up to date with how things go in terms of getting your car back as well, because I know that that's been an issue for some of our other listeners who have had their vehicles stolen then taken out to different communities and it's you know, the process of getting it back has been a tough one for some people. But if you're able to keep us up to date, we'd really appreciate. I think it's I think it's you know, it's good for people to know the impact that this has sort of longer term as well, in terms of getting your car back and trying to go through that process with insurance.
00:06:57
Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure, and I'd be happy to Yeah, obviously it wasn't just a car, and so I've got content in that personal content that am now missing as well. So just sort of going through all those steps to rekindle it all back and get back to square one.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. Oh mate, I appreciate your time this morning before I let you go. How far into your apprenticeship are you?
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Speaker 2: I'm second year this year, so two more years to go and then i'll be licensed.
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Speaker 1: Oh good on you mate. Well, I really appreciate you speaking to me this morning, and I'm really sorry to hear what's going on for you. And I hope that you get that car back and I hope that you know everything goes well with insurance.
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Speaker 2: No, thanks for having me.
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Speaker 1: Thank you,
