Gibraltar Crime Report For 24 Oct
Media – Police Reports
Date: From 0700hrs the 24/10/2013 to 0700hrs the 25/10/2013
CRIME REPORTS
3 Reports of Theft
1 Report of Criminal damage
Oct 24 - Charity Sail Kicks Off in Gibraltar
On Saturday 26 October, weather permitting; 46-year-old Richard Mayon-White will be unfurling the sails on Haskapa, a 6.5 metre mini transatlantic class yacht, and embarking on his ocean crossing with a difference. He’ll navigate through the Strait, sail south to follow the western coastline of Morocco and the Sahara, and then meet the Tropic of Cancer at 23 degrees north. This famous line of latitude will then dictate his course for 4,000 miles, before reaching Fort Lauderdale around a month later.
Oct 24 - 15-Storey Aerial Farm Housing Development Dubbed ‘Old Fashioned’ and ‘Harsh’ During DPC Meeting
Tabled before the Development and Planning Commission this morning, the Government’s Aerial Farm ‘affordable housing scheme’ was dubbed by some members as ‘harsh’ and ‘old fashioned’. Towering at 15 stories, the two blocks are currently in the early stages of development, and are set to include 38 one-bedroom apartments, 166 two bedroom apartments, 321 three bedroom apartments an 39 four bedroom apartments.
Oct 24 RGP Witness Appeal - Sexual Assault
At about 11pm in the evening of Sunday 20th October 2013, a young female was sexually assaulted whilst in the stairwell of Lavender Court, in Sir William Jackson Grove [Gib 5].
Police are keen to speak to a male person believed to be in his early to late 30’s who was in the area at the time. This person may be able to assist police with inquiries. He is described as being of medium build, slightly tanned, with a break to the hairline on the left eyebrow, with a muscular upper body and was at the time wearing light coloured trousers (Chino style) with a light coloured t-shirt or polo shirt.
