Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper Est.
1979 www.
starobserver.
com.
au Issue 1106 Friday 13 January 2012
Tied up for six hours
The victim of an absconded psychiatric
patient has warned users of mobile
dating apps to be more careful following...
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Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper Est.
1979 www.
starobserver.
com.
au Issue 1106 Friday 13 January 2012
Tied up for six hours
The victim of an absconded psychiatric
patient has warned users of mobile
dating apps to be more careful following
hisordeal.
On December 28, ‘Richard’ was tied
up, with his consent, by a man at his
Zetlandhome.
Thepairhadmetthrough
themobiledatingappRecon.
But after tying Richard up, the man
left the premises with his car, iPad, bank
cards and two mobile phones.
Richard
was unable to free himself for six hours
andcontactedpolicethefollowingday.
Richard later learned the man was
on day release from Morriset Hospital,
a psychiatric prison where he was being
treated after killing another man he met
onlinein2003.
“When I met him there was no
indication anything was wrong,” Richard
toldtheStar Observer.
“Howdoesakillergetdayrelease,geta
mobilephone,getontheinternet?”
Richardsaidhewouldneverusedating
apps again and was concerned by the
ease people
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