Three children have been charged after they allegedly robbed a woman at knifepoint outside her unit complex on the Gold Coast.
Police were called to Bedford Road in Pimpama about 11.20pm yesterday after two boys and a girl allegedly threatened 53-year-old Kellie Hodge while she was walking her dog.
“It wasn’t till I was nearly home that I realised they were following me,” she told 9News.
“One of the guys, the young fella, said, ‘can I pat your dog miss?’ and I said, ‘yeah, no problem’ so he’s gone down and turned around with a scalpel and looked at me and said ‘give me your effing keys’.
“Then the other young boy came up to me with the other scalpel and ripped the keys off me.”
Before the trio allegedly fled the scene with her keys, Hodge said they warned her they would be back to steal her car.
She ran to her neighbour, who called the police.
“It will be alleged the dog squad was able to track the youths and they were subsequently arrested nearby, with knives allegedly seized from both the boys,” police said.
A 12-year-old boy from Tanah Merah, 13-year-old boy from Willow Vale, and a 15-year-old girl from Pimpama were each charged with one count of robbery, whilst armed and in company.
All three will remain in custody until they face court at a later date.
“I think I’m in shock because I didn’t think 12- and 13-year=olds would do that,” Hodge said.
While police said Hodge was not physically injured, she said she had not slept since the alleged robbery.
Police are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the incident or have CCTV footage from the area to contact them.
Queensland Premier Steven Miles will hold his first youth crime meeting since stepping into the role tomorrow with founder of the Voice for Victims group Ben Cannon.
