1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,480 Speaker 1: As you'll recall if you're listening to the show. On Friday, 2 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:05,800 Speaker 1: we spoke to a long time Katherine resident as well 3 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: as the local member, Joe Hersey, about a string of 4 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: break ins and thefts at the Catherine Club last week. Now, 5 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 1: in one of those instances, two males allegedly assaulted staff 6 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 1: and two witnesses who confronted them to stop them fleeing 7 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 1: with stolen goods. We know that the police arrested an 8 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 1: eighteen year old man and a fourteen year old boy 9 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: who's since been charged. Now, listener Dan got in contact 10 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: with us and let us know that the victims were 11 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: doing okay, well how they were doing, and was also 12 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:40,839 Speaker 1: keen to try and rally up some support for that 13 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 1: business with the town, he said at breaking point. Now 14 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: joining me on the line is Katherine Coffee Club owner Nikki. 15 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 1: Good morning, Nikki. 16 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 2: Good morning Katie. How are you? 17 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, Nikki, probably better than you. Thank you so much 18 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: for your time. How are you going after everything that's happened. 19 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 2: I'm still shaken. Obviously, it's not something that you can 20 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:12,680 Speaker 2: recover quickly from. I'm still concerned about staff safety. How 21 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 2: we move forward, Yeah, just a lot of things go 22 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 2: through your mind. I suppose. 23 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:22,320 Speaker 1: So, Nikki, you were one of the women assaulted on Friday. 24 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: Weren't you well last week? 25 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 2: Yes, yep. 26 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:27,760 Speaker 1: Can you describe for me what happened? 27 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:32,680 Speaker 2: I don't know how much I can say, you know, 28 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,960 Speaker 2: just because it is going through the courts. All I 29 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 2: can say. It was broad daylight. We'd had three break 30 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 2: ins that night, so we're in there cleaning up the mess. 31 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 2: My staff arrived about five point thirty, proceeded to whether 32 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 2: they'd let a fire extinguishes. You should have seen. It 33 00:01:54,520 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 2: was just carnage in there, so you know, my staffer beautiful, 34 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 2: and you know they've sort of got ownership of the 35 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 2: coffee club as well, if that makes sense. You know, 36 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 2: terrible walking and then seeing your workplace just everything trashed. 37 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:13,800 Speaker 2: So we're busy. We decided to open. We had some 38 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 2: of our regulars come in get their coffees, tradees and such, 39 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 2: and we're back to cleaning up. I think they'd let 40 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 2: off two fire extinguishers, so you can imagine that was 41 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:29,399 Speaker 2: It was just horrific and clean, you know, throw and sauces, 42 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 2: putting the till back together that they'd ripped apart, and 43 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 2: just you know, the carnage, cleaning up the carnage where 44 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 2: they're busy mopping, cleaning, and then out of nowhere. It 45 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 2: was so quick, it was so violent to running and 46 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 2: just they're on a mission to hurt us. 47 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: I think, Katie, oh my god, Nikki, physically are you So? 48 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 1: Was it you and one other staff member or two 49 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: other staff members? So? 50 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 2: I mean, at one stage I looked up and I'm 51 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 2: one of my four staff members mouths on the ground. 52 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 2: I think she got to knock to the ground a 53 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 2: couple of times, and I'm listening to my other staff 54 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 2: member in the kitchen scream. Yeah, it was just horrific. Oh, 55 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 2: I don't think I can go into too many details. 56 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: Nikki, are you, Like, are you okay? And are your 57 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 1: staff okay? 58 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 2: Well, I think we're in shock. You're in shock for 59 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 2: a while because it was so violent, it happened so quickly. 60 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 2: I think it's a bit like, you know, going through 61 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 2: the stages of grief. One minute you're angry, next minute, 62 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 2: I'm pretty resilient. But this is not me, Like I'm 63 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 2: not a cheery person at all, but this is really Yeah, 64 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 2: it's pretty it's been pretty horrific, Nikki. 65 00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: When sorry, you go. 66 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 2: And it's not only that, you know, a lot of 67 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 2: things go through your mind. This is the first time, 68 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 2: Thank god that they didn't have knives. Otherwise I honestly 69 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 2: thought we were going to die, Nikki. 70 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: That is like, it's utterly shocking. And when we got 71 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:23,040 Speaker 1: a phone call on Friday from a you know, from 72 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 1: a Catherine listener who said, who told us you know 73 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: what had happened? Like, I felt emotional hearing that, if 74 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 1: I understand correctly, it's you and two other female staff 75 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: then being assaulted by two males, you know, when you're 76 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:42,359 Speaker 1: there in the shop, Like, I can't even begin to 77 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 1: imagine what that must have been like for the three 78 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:47,480 Speaker 1: of you, and how frightening it. 79 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 2: Must have been, well, especially in daylight. One minute you're 80 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:56,919 Speaker 2: serving coffees and your mopping floors and cleaning up. Next 81 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 2: minute you've got these two attacks on you. Nikki. 82 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: In terms of the damage to the business, you know, 83 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,600 Speaker 1: you said that they've broken in three times that night. 84 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:14,479 Speaker 1: What level of damage have you know, have have these 85 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: offenders and others done to the coffee club over the 86 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:19,479 Speaker 1: last couple of weeks. 87 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:25,280 Speaker 2: Massive, I've to tell you the truth. I have. I've 88 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:27,920 Speaker 2: got to go through and today and work it all 89 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 2: out of be in the thousands. 90 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: Nikki. I know that you and the staff there, your business, 91 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 1: you guys are loved by the Catherine community. I could 92 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:43,840 Speaker 1: hear that on Friday, you know, through the messages that 93 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 1: we were receiving, and also after speaking to Dan, he 94 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: was encouraging people to get in there on Saturday and 95 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 1: support you guys, for the community to really throw their 96 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:56,839 Speaker 1: arms around you all. Did that happen on Saturday? 97 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 2: It certainly did, the community of Catherine are amazing. So 98 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 2: many people, so many phone calls. How can we help? 99 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:09,720 Speaker 2: Can we help come and clean up? Why didn't you 100 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:12,600 Speaker 2: call me through to It's just been incredible. 101 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: That is really nice to hear, and I'm glad that 102 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:21,720 Speaker 1: that happened. Tell me from your perspective, you know, has 103 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: there been any like after the incident, you know where 104 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: you guys were assaulted. Has there been further anything further 105 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:31,279 Speaker 1: over the weekend? How has it been. 106 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 2: Not for us? Thank goodness, it was show weekend. I 107 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:38,720 Speaker 2: think if I had had another break in, I just 108 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 2: I wouldn't be talking to you now. I'd be packing 109 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 2: up and leaving towns. I don't know. Town's been I've 110 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 2: been too scared to go out. Town's been the normal 111 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 2: show weekend. It's been a bit out of control. I 112 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 2: think there was another stabbing of a nineteen year old. 113 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 2: I did hear that, and that's why I'm just so grateful. 114 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 2: That was the first time they didn't have knives on them. 115 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 2: Otherwise we'd being body bags. Now the level of violence 116 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 2: they came in, it's the town has, you know, and 117 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 2: male's husband, Paul has you know, who's taken time off 118 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 2: work and he's made sure that we've We've had people 119 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 2: looking out after us and watching out for us. But 120 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 2: that's people can't do that all the time either. 121 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 1: Well to move, no. 122 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 2: We should be able to make coffees in the morning 123 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 2: at seven am and feel safe. 124 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: That's exactly right. 125 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 2: And my other concern was, I mean we have a 126 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 2: lot of juniors and you know they if it had 127 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 2: been score holidays, I would have had young young girls 128 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 2: in their working So it's you know, and what do 129 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 2: you do to keep your staff. I've got a duty 130 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 2: of care to provide a safe work environment for them. 131 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 2: I've already the last break in I got them. I 132 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 2: made sure everyone's got a personal alarm. I supplied them 133 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 2: all with that, But what do you do have security guards? 134 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 2: I don't know, Nikki. 135 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: In terms of police support and also support from the 136 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 1: local member the council, you know, like, what are they 137 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 1: saying at this point in time. 138 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 2: The police have been that have been absolutely fantastic. I 139 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 2: know they've worked very hard. I know that they're in 140 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 2: custody and they're going through court at the moment. Police 141 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 2: support is being fantastic and they have got a very 142 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 2: hard job to do and I can't thank them enough. 143 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 2: The local member was there straight away in the morning. 144 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:54,200 Speaker 1: Well that's you know, that's something that is good. Do 145 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 1: you feel as though the government's doing enough in this 146 00:08:56,320 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 1: space we seem to have I'm not too sure what's 147 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:02,959 Speaker 1: going on with the phone line. Hopefully we've still got Nikki. 148 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 1: We just seem to be having a bit of an 149 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 1: issue there. Sorry, Nikki, you cut out there for a moment. 150 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:09,079 Speaker 1: Can you hear me still? 151 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:11,839 Speaker 2: Yeah? Sorry, it might be my phone. 152 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 1: No, that's okay. Sorry. You were saying that the local 153 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:15,200 Speaker 1: member was there in the morning. 154 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:19,200 Speaker 2: Yeap. And in the past, I mean, Joe's very supportive 155 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 2: in the past. If Joe can't make it, she sent 156 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 2: over one of her or you know, one of her 157 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 2: work has came over and said, how can we help 158 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 2: you know, what do you want me to clean up? 159 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 2: Or what can I do? So a lot of support, Nikki. 160 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 1: What do you think could be done or what do 161 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 1: you think needs to change? You know, it sounds as 162 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 1: though Catherine is it is feeling quite broken. The residents 163 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 1: are feeling quite broken at this point. 164 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:49,720 Speaker 2: Oh. I mean we've always had that level I think 165 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:53,440 Speaker 2: of breaking and it's not acceptable. When I talk to 166 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 2: my family in a different state, they're just like, what 167 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 2: are you doing there? Do you know what? Other people 168 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 2: aren't comprehend it. I don't know. But when when you 169 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 2: know they've been let off because they don't know right 170 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 2: from wrong or you hear you know, in the past 171 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:14,679 Speaker 2: it's gone to court and it's you know, the unidentifiable. 172 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 2: Well they're wrong camera, so I think harder, you know, 173 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 2: it is wrong. And now the offensive seemed to be 174 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:28,480 Speaker 2: becoming more violent. Yep, the allegedly carrying what is it 175 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:32,560 Speaker 2: sharp edge weapons or whatever, you know, so it's bullshit. 176 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 1: They've got knives and it needs to like we all 177 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 1: need to actually, you know, or the police are elected 178 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:41,719 Speaker 1: members whoever it is the language has to change. We've 179 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 1: all had a gutful of it. And if people are 180 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 1: being dangerous and engaging in dangerous, dangerous behavior, as has 181 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:51,440 Speaker 1: happened to you last week, it's, you know, like it's 182 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 1: got to be called what it is. It's it is, 183 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 1: it's breaking the bloody law. 184 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:00,160 Speaker 2: Okay, the world's upside down. I mean, even because they 185 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:03,839 Speaker 2: actually came back and tried to attack us again. And 186 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:09,439 Speaker 2: that's when, you know, two wonderful guys stopped, got out 187 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 2: of the ute and chased them, and then they got assaulted. 188 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:14,679 Speaker 2: You know, but imagine how I would have felt if 189 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 2: they had got knife. I don't want my customers having 190 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 2: to stand in and then and then it goes to 191 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 2: courtinates and then someone said to me, well, why did 192 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:28,680 Speaker 2: they come back for you again? I don't know why 193 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 2: they shouldn't have even been in there in the first place. 194 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:34,200 Speaker 1: Exactly, That's exactly right. 195 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 2: It's crazy when the victim, you know, well, I don't 196 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:42,840 Speaker 2: know their motivations of the behavior. Obviously at the bottom 197 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:46,679 Speaker 2: it's the criminals. What they're doing is wrong, and they 198 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 2: know right I'm wrong. 199 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:54,480 Speaker 1: Everybody does what they're doing, well, particularly assaulting women. You know, 200 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 1: it's absolutely bloody wrong. Just very quickly, Nikki, we are 201 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: going to have to go to the National news, but 202 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: we've got listeners getting in contact with us. How can 203 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:08,199 Speaker 1: we in Darwin support you and your crew in Catherine? 204 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 1: Can we buy a virtual coffee or something. I know 205 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:11,720 Speaker 1: I'm putting you on the spot. 206 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 2: I wouldn't know. I don't know, I don't know. 207 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 1: Oh well, Nikki, please know. 208 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:26,599 Speaker 2: You great? Please come down go to the Gorge Catherine. 209 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 2: It's a beautiful community and I you know, when why 210 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:33,960 Speaker 2: do I stay here? I stay here because my customer 211 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:38,440 Speaker 2: is a light family. The beautiful Catherine community is amazing, 212 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 2: and come down, go to the gorge. See what Catherine 213 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:44,080 Speaker 2: has to offer. There's a lot of beauty in this 214 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 2: place and it's a shame a few arseholes are spailing it. 215 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, you're spot on, Nikki, you are absolutely spot on. 216 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for joining us on the show 217 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:57,840 Speaker 1: this morning. I know it's not easy to have to 218 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:00,320 Speaker 1: relive what has happened to you. My love to you. 219 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 1: I hope that you and your staff are okay. 220 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 2: Thank you, thank you.