An Alice Springs man’s home is destroyed while he is in hospital after suffering a heart attack
Heartless thieves break into the house while the homeowner recovers from heart surgery in the hospital
- Alice Springs’ husband destroyed his house
- The man was in hospital when it happened
- Beloved local suffered a heart attack
A homeowner suffered the brutality of having his home broken into and vandalized while in hospital recovering from heart surgery following cardiac arrest.
‘Sammy the Can Man’ was put away in a hospital in Darwin while his house was vandalized in Alice Springs in May.
Locals in the central Australian town have since rallied around him with resident Blade Davies-Roundhill having a GoFundMe page.
A beloved Alice Springs resident’s home has been broken into and vandalized while he was in hospital recovering from heart surgery
He said that after the break-in, the house looked like it had been “hit by a tornado.”
“While Sam is very ill in hospital, people have decided to break into his unit and steal and destroy anything of value,” Davies-Roundhill wrote.
“There seems to be blood and other bodily fluids everywhere, including on his bed.
“All things Sam had of sentimental and monetary value have been stolen or destroyed.”
Mr Davies-Roundhill revealed that Sammy, who is known for driving around in his ute ‘collecting cans to make a little money’, suffered a heart attack three weeks ago.
After being admitted to hospital in Alice Springs, he was flown to a hospital in Darwin where he was recovering from heart surgery.
Mr Davies-Roundhill said he started the online fundraiser to get Sam’s house in better shape before he returns to it.
‘Any help would be appreciated to help Sam get home to a livable environment,’ Mr Davies-Roundhill wrote.
By Sunday morning, nearly $2,000 had been pledged.
The wave of crime and violence in Alice Springs has become a national affair, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese being forced to make a hasty trip to the area in January as territory and federal Labor governments were accused of ignoring the problem.
Sammy the Can Man’ is known for driving around Alice Springs in his ute collecting cans to make a living
The window of Sammy’s unit was smashed by the vandals and thieves who ran amok once inside
At the time, it was revealed that there were over 200 properties for sale in the regional center with a population of 26,000.
Figures from last year show that the number of crimes against property has increased by almost 60 percent, the number of assaults has increased by 38 percent and the number of domestic violence crimes has doubled.
During his brief visit to the city, Mr. Albanian announced new alcohol restrictions and pledged $48.8 million over two years for programs to tackle the crime problem.
LNP Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, an Alice Springs local and outspoken critic of how the Labor governments are handling it, told an interviewer last month that she had been warned not to go shopping in the center of town.
She said women and even children were groped and others attacked.