By GEORGIA WESTGARTH
A USED syringe was found on the front lawn of a home in Lynbrook leaving residents disgusted.
Home to 22-year-old Demi Atkinson, her grandmother and baby cousin, Ms Atkinson said they were shocked and concerned the syringe was left right on their doorstep.
“It’s scary and disgusting to know they were on my front lawn and obviously there’s no respect for the neighbours and the broader community,” Ms Atkinson said.
The used syringe was found with its cap on in Silver Creek Drive around 10am on Sunday 21 June.
Ms Atkinson believes the syringe was left on her property for several hours before she found it.
“I was out between 8.30pm and midnight on Saturday and was alerted to it by my friends as my foot landed two centimetres away from it.
“A few kids live just a couple of doors down- it’s concerning, my nanna, friends or I could have stepped on it and we often have my small cousins over running around,” she said.
After another brush with drugs outside her home in February this year, Ms Atkinson said her street was conveniently tucked away for such behaviour.
“It’s a no through road and it’s quite isolated, I think they chose it because no-one can see them.
“I witnessed a drug deal outside my home, I stayed in my car in the driveway and pretended I was on the phone, one of the drivers got into the other car and you could tell they were passing things to each other, and I noticed one of them smoking a pipe,” she said.
Ms Atkinson posted a photo of the syringe on the ‘Lynbrook Social Page’ on Facebook and received more than 35 comments from residents- many thanking her for the alert.
“As a community, we are all looking out for each other, that’s why I joined the page and the fact everyone was so concerned is a good thing and that they are now aware of what’s going on,” Ms Atkinson said.
The post online prompted a discussion about the possibility of the syringe being left by a diabetic, but Ms Atkinson disagrees.
“I wouldn’t think a diabetic would chuck it on the ground like that and not dispose of it in an appropriate manner, and considering I have seen a drug deal go down out the front of my house and the fact that no-one in my home has diabetes I find it odd that it would be a diabetics syringe,” she said.
Ms Atkinson called the City of Casey to get the syringe removed and hopes she never sees one again so close to home.
“It just makes you think what’s going to happen next and especially with the break-ins that have been happening in the area lately, its very concerning,” Ms Atkinson said.
Statistics for 2014/’15 from the City of Casey reveal the council will dispose of more than 400 extra sharp containers compared to 2013/’14 statistics. The council has collected and disposed of 735 syringes discarded in public places in the past 12 months up to May 2015.
