Woman steps in to tackle shop ‘creep’

A 21-YEAR-OLD Narre Warren woman allegedly spotted a “creepy” older man touching her younger sister in a Fountain Gate lolly shop.
The woman, who had taken her 10-year-old sister to Discount Lollie Shop, said the man approached them at about 2.50pm on Tuesday 13 January.
“He was just standing there staring at us in the same aisle the whole time. I didn’t want to look at him or give him any reason to talk to us,” the older sister recalled.
She said she told her younger sister she was going to the next aisle but that a sense of dread flooded over her which drew her back into the aisle, where she found the man’s arm around her sister.
The man, who the 10-year-old said was telling her she was ‘a good girl’, forcefully grabbed the 21-year-old when she tried to pull her sister away.
“I told him we were leaving and he got a tight grip on my arm and told us to ‘stay here and you’re not going anywhere’,” the older sister alleged.
“I finally got him off my arm… I was so scared I ran out of the store straight away.”
She returned to the store days later to report the incident and was told their security camera did not cover the aisle where the alleged incident occurred.
The man has been described as being short, in his early sixties, of Indian or Sri-Lanka appearance with white hair and no facial hair.