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Car thieves attack in north-west Sydney:

One of the men is described as 30-35-years-old, 175cm, clean shaven with short dark hair.

So says the Sydney Morning Herald, via AAP. Slightly more information on the thieves is available from NSW police:

All have been described as Mediterranean/Middle Eastern in appearance.

Click for previous appearances by Sydney’s men of no appearance.

(Via Geoff C.)

Posted by Tim B. on 11/22/2007 at 07:00 PM
  1. They strong-armed a green/grey 1985 Nissan Skyline?

    They blow up good, or something?

    Posted by rinardman on 2007 11 22 at 07:20 PM • permalink

  2. One of the men is described as 30-35-years-old, 175cm, clean shaven with short dark hair.

    Found him.

    Posted by Dan Lewis on 2007 11 22 at 07:29 PM • permalink

  3. The men stepped out of a Mercedes and stole a Skyline? Something’s a little fishy here…

    Posted by Fast Eddie on 2007 11 22 at 07:31 PM • permalink

  4. sotto voice> Tim. Tim? Tim!
    Does the Administrix biff you too? I think you’ve spilled the italics on the front page… </sotto voice

    Honestly, this “men of no appearance” thing is not funny. It’s pathetic. It’s stupid. It’s rubbish. How do they expect law enforcement to finger anyone if there’s no description. How can others of us do our civic duty when we don’t know what we’re looking out for?

    #2
    LOL

    Posted by kae on 2007 11 22 at 08:07 PM • permalink

  5. I doubt that it was a 1985 Skyline.More likely to be a GTR R34.This is the model much sought after by the “men of no appearance” car rebirthing-driveby shooting-ATM thieving fraternity especially since the WRX has evolved into something more attractive to the cardigan wearing set.Of course it might have been a 1985 model simply being requisitioned by some of Sheik al-Hilaly’s followers responding to his recent call to act as “soldiers for Rudd” and needing suitably modest transport to blend in with brain dead Labor supporters,a Merc would be a bit ostentatious.Fortunately these “soldiers” have their own pistols so it probably wont be necessary for them to knock off any Police Stations.

    Posted by Lew on 2007 11 22 at 08:29 PM • permalink

  6. #3 Fast Eddie

    The men stepped out of a Mercedes and stole a Skyline? Something’s a little fishy here…

    The Skyline will likely be used in a robbery or a shooting, then dumped in some industrial area (and set on fire to destroy any evidence). Unless it was, as Lew suggests, the street-racer model: then it will be stripped for parts before being dumped and set ablaze.

    At least that is what hoodlums who get out of a Mercedes to steal a Japanese compact do here in the States.

    Posted by Spiny Norman on 2007 11 22 at 09:13 PM • permalink

  7. #2 I always thought he looked suspicious!

    Posted by carpefraise on 2007 11 23 at 12:19 AM • permalink

  8. The Politically Correct Pimpernel

    They seek me here, they seek me there;
    Those coppers seek me everywhere.
    Yet what I look like, they can’t tell -
    The No-Appearance Pimpernel.

    I am not here, I am not there;
    They can’t describe me, that’s unfair.
    Don’t credit Orczy but Orwell -
    The No-Appearance Pimpernel.

    Posted by lyle on 2007 11 23 at 01:24 AM • permalink

  9. #8 Top work!

    If they really are men of “no appearance” then why do they keep turning up? They should be men of “regular appearance who in no way resemble any known group of particularly anti-social immigrants.”

    Posted by Penguin on 2007 11 23 at 03:24 AM • permalink

  10. Officer, Arrest That Man!

    My estimate of size and height?
    With confidence, I’d say he might
    Be at the bigger end of small
    And on the shorter side of tall;
    He wasn’t bald, he had some hair,
    The color, though, I couldn’t swear;
    And an in-between complexion -
    Hurry, sir, in that direction!

    Posted by lyle on 2007 11 23 at 03:35 AM • permalink

  11. Loverly, Lyle!

    Maybe it is a disguise, this “No Appearance” thingy.

    Posted by kae on 2007 11 23 at 03:37 AM • permalink

  12. All have been described as Mediterranean/Middle Eastern in appearance.

    The police have picked up suspects from Malta, Corsica, Crete, and a rather mannish female from Lesbos.

    Posted by wronwright on 2007 11 23 at 07:01 AM • permalink

  13. Well, if they weren’t white and European, does it matter?

    Posted by duncanm on 2007 11 23 at 07:23 AM • permalink

  14. Isn’t the SMH’s argument for not listing the full description “because they don’t want to target a demographic”?

    Stupid. Why not rule out other demographics that clearly have nothing to do with it, and save everyone’s time and energy?

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 11 23 at 09:01 AM • permalink

  15. Here in Toronto a few years ago, a serial “bedroom” rapist was loose. The police held a press conference to announce the suspect’s description, which I listened to while driving.

    The speaker cleared his throat nervously, and apologized profusely and repeatedly for including the word “black” in the suspect’s description. Then he apologized some more.

    It was pathetic and disgusting. I was so angry I had to pull over and calm down. I suppose we should be grateful that they eventually got around to mentioning the rapist’s race…but the Toronto Star didn’t mention it. Aaarghh! I’m angry again!!

    Posted by Mambo Bananapatch on 2007 11 23 at 12:21 PM • permalink

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