Kearney’s Spring resident Dawayne Duffy is fed up with crime in his street after having his eye socket fractured, his car broken into at least 10 times and two attempted break-ins of his house.

The Broadfoot Street resident is currently battling terminal cancer and spends many nights sitting outside and watching the night activity. 

“I don’t sleep very much so I sit out the front when I can’t sleep,” Mr Duffy said.

“You see an awful lot of stuff happening at night when everyone else is sleeping,” he said.

Member for Toowoomba South David Janetzki MP said it was disgraceful Mr Duffy had been a repeated victim of crime during the 20 years he had lived in Broadfoot Street.

“Toowoomba residents deserve to feel safe in their own homes,” Mr Janetzki said. 

“I will be contacting the Toowoomba Regional Council to investigate the possibility of installing more street lights as a deterrent and request Toowoomba Police increase patrols of the area,” he said.

Mr Duffy said he had contacted council at least five times over the years to request extra street lighting.

“I feel extra lighting would help as it’s a very dark street and thieves are often checking cars and walking in and out of people’s yards,” he said.

“However every year I ask, council says there is no money in their budget.” 

Mr Duffy said speeding and hooning were also a problem. One speedster crashed into and totalled one of his children’s cars which was parked out the front of their house some years ago. 

He also installed security screens on all windows and doors of their home after attempted break-ins.

“Years ago, I got woken up during the night by a phone call to pick up one of the kids,” Mr Duffy said.

“I was walking out to my carport and the last thing I saw was a dark shadow,” he said.

“They hit me on the head with a piece of timber, knocked me out and left me with a fractured eye socket.”

Police attended but never caught the offender who had been tried to break into Mr Duffy’s house. 

Mr Duffy said the street was quiet when it was originally a cul-de-sac and mostly owner-occupied homes.

“Over the years we’ve also had our house egged, cars egged, rocks and bricks thrown on the roof,” Mr Duffy said. 

“To the point where I am actually considering moving,” he said. 

“The most recent incident was another break-in of my car where they stole $210 worth of cigarettes and last year our parked car was involved in a hit and run.”