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Father-of-three Shane Ransome attacked, tyres slashed and window smashed in senseless terror against Christies Beach family
Andrew Dowdell
The Advertiser
June 07, 2014 10:51PM
A CHRISTIES Beach family is living in dread after a father-of-three’s head was repeatedly stomped on and a large rock was thrown through their front window in a series of senseless attacks.
Doctors told Shane Ransome he was lucky to survive the brutal attack when three men set on him outside his Eliza*beth Rd home on May 22.
Mr Ransome, 47, was putting out his rubbish at night when he made a comment to three men who were upturning his neighbours’ bins.
His wife Natalie said she was shocked by the unprovoked and potentially deadly attack.
“He was hit from behind and fell onto the pavers and they proceeded to kick or stomp on his head — nothing else, just his head. They wanted to kill him,” she said.
Mrs Ransome said doctors told her husband he would likely have died if not for a metal plate in his face from a car crash when he was a child.
Mr Ransome, who had started a new job a week earlier, still suffers concussion symptoms and may need plastic surgery once the heavy swelling in his face subsides.
However, that was far from the end of the family’s ordeal.
Last Thursday night, the same men woke the family by yelling abuse at the home they have lived in without incident for 10 years.
Then about 10pm on Friday the group returned and tried to get Mr Ransome to go outside.
About three hours later they returned again, slashing the tyres of the family’s car and hurling a large slab of slate through the front window, missing Mrs Ransome’s head by about 30cm.
Mrs Ransome said she was disappointed that police did not arrive for 2½ hours after she phoned 000.
The men are believed to be in their early 20s. One had unkempt hair or dreadlocks and another wore a light-coloured hoodie. Anyone with information on the identities of the men should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or at sa.crimestoppers.com.au
Father-of-three Shane Ransome attacked, tyres slashed and window smashed in senseless terror against Christies Beach family
Andrew Dowdell
The Advertiser
June 07, 2014 10:51PM
A CHRISTIES Beach family is living in dread after a father-of-three’s head was repeatedly stomped on and a large rock was thrown through their front window in a series of senseless attacks.
Doctors told Shane Ransome he was lucky to survive the brutal attack when three men set on him outside his Eliza*beth Rd home on May 22.
Mr Ransome, 47, was putting out his rubbish at night when he made a comment to three men who were upturning his neighbours’ bins.
His wife Natalie said she was shocked by the unprovoked and potentially deadly attack.
“He was hit from behind and fell onto the pavers and they proceeded to kick or stomp on his head — nothing else, just his head. They wanted to kill him,” she said.
Mrs Ransome said doctors told her husband he would likely have died if not for a metal plate in his face from a car crash when he was a child.
Mr Ransome, who had started a new job a week earlier, still suffers concussion symptoms and may need plastic surgery once the heavy swelling in his face subsides.
However, that was far from the end of the family’s ordeal.
Last Thursday night, the same men woke the family by yelling abuse at the home they have lived in without incident for 10 years.
Then about 10pm on Friday the group returned and tried to get Mr Ransome to go outside.
About three hours later they returned again, slashing the tyres of the family’s car and hurling a large slab of slate through the front window, missing Mrs Ransome’s head by about 30cm.
Mrs Ransome said she was disappointed that police did not arrive for 2½ hours after she phoned 000.
The men are believed to be in their early 20s. One had unkempt hair or dreadlocks and another wore a light-coloured hoodie. Anyone with information on the identities of the men should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or at sa.crimestoppers.com.au
