Australia s most respected LGBTI news source
Friday 4 October 2013 | Issue 1195 | starobserver.
com.
au
Feature
Benjamin Riley
Police in Geelong have come under fire for
their handling of the reported sexual assault
of a gay man, sparking an investigation...
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Australia s most respected LGBTI news source
Friday 4 October 2013 | Issue 1195 | starobserver.
com.
au
Feature
Benjamin Riley
Police in Geelong have come under fire for
their handling of the reported sexual assault
of a gay man, sparking an investigation
expected to reach the desk of the Victoria
Police Chief Commissioner.
Zac Damelian, a Melbourne man who
grew up in Geelong, was violently assaulted
in a public toilet in Johnstone Park around
250 metres from the nearby Geelong Police
Station last Friday.
Damelian left the scene
immediatelytoreporttheincidenttopolice,
but on arrival at the station was told to call
000 for police to be dispatched as they could
not leave the building.
Dameliansaidpoliceweredismissive,telling
him they couldn’t get on the “bat-phone” to
arrangeapoliceresponsestraightaway.
Still in shock following his assault,
Damelianreturnedaftercalling000wanting
tomakeacomplaintabouthowhehadbeen
treated, but was dismissed by the officer
on duty.
Damelian said he wou
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