'Bumcrack Bandit' caught on camera

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Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:22p.m.

The three women in an altercation with a Countdown staff member

The three women in an altercation with a Countdown staff member

New Zealand has its own version of the "Bumcrack Bandit" after a shopper captured footage of an altercation between staff and three alleged shoplifters at a Rotorua supermarket.

Police have since arrested two of the women, but are still seeking the third.

In the video, one women's skirt revealed a sight more generally associated with tradesmen, following the incident at the Countdown store in Fenton Street last Wednesday.

Footage was captured on a mobile phone and uploaded to by YouTube user Turiwiki.

It shows the women wrestling over a supermarket bag with two supermarket staff before one of the women clouts a staff member with her handbag.

It is not known at this stage whether the women whose skirt has come low was one of those arrested.

Rotorua police said two women, aged 30 and 50, had been arrested and charged with aggravated assault and theft. They will appear in court on Monday.

Acting Rotorua area commander, Inspector Ed van den Broek, says the YouTube clip was a very useful addition to the investigation after a complaint was laid.

"Good solid police work had helped identify the alleged offenders, but the clip provided us with some visuals allowing us to confirm this work.

"We don't know who was responsible for the clip and whether they were associated with the offenders, but it has certainly been helpful."

Mr van den Broek said a number of people had alerted police to the clip, which meant people were taking an active interest in community safety.

Last month police in Australia released footage of a Gold Coast armed robbery in which one of the robbers wore low-slung jeans, and was dubbed "the Bumcrack Bandit".

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01 Feb 2012 11:13a.m.

brooke wrote:

Thats sad how they were verbally and phsically abusive to the staff especially that poor old man, if that was my grandad i'll lay a whoopass on their nasty crack attacks. No respect what so ever.

17 Jan 2012 11:13a.m.

scooby wrote:

these three idiots have now got to hide their ugly mugs cause now all the cuzzys are cracking up at them exscuse the bum, i mean pun. what total morons, a sad case of low self esteem me thinks

12 Jan 2012 09:07a.m.

RB wrote:

lol

12 Jan 2012 08:07a.m.

DanMcc234 wrote:

You have to be a idiot with no morals or self-respect to walk into a shop with the agenda of taking something without paying for it, If you want something you get a job which get's you money which you can use to buy things that you want,It's not exactly rocket science.

12 Jan 2012 01:59a.m.

Matt_J wrote:

I'm just amazed this warranted 13 paragraphs on a major national news website. Surely there is other stuff going in New Zealand at the moment.

12 Jan 2012 12:06a.m.

John wrote:

I would love to see Helen Clark share a desert island with these quality specimens...and low on food.

11 Jan 2012 11:49p.m.

Chillymist wrote:

If you want statistics they are on the Police website and then they give you other links to more stitistics. These women are either maori or pacific islander and I am both. I dont condone it and im sick of this behavior. My sister was punched out side Kentucky by a big fat samoan girl. My sister is 55 and the girl was 24. It wasnt a pakeha that hit her. Just like these stupid , stupid , stupid girls. How shameful and more shameful its on camera. I have no problem naming the race and I aint racist. They dont care. Big fat ass stupid and I hope their family is ashamed of them to. Who raised these girls wasnt my family. We dont do that crap. Shame on them.

11 Jan 2012 11:46p.m.

Alfonso wrote:

Where's David Attenborough when ya need him.

11 Jan 2012 11:07p.m.

fish face wrote:

This is not a race thing. There's plenty of white bum cracks out there on the street if you choose to look, and lets face it sometimes you can't avoid it. It's particularly bad during the summer months, and its not just builders (in fact, the trades have tidied up their act and bought better fitting shorts over recent years I reckon). These girls are just sad.

11 Jan 2012 10:32p.m.

honest wrote:

to ^ reply, no im not from Aussie, Im a born and bred kiwi sick of watching the demise of our 'friendly' country turning to this kind of behaviour, the p.c attitude turning a blind eye is getting pathetic.