Man in critical condition after being stabbed at Frankston’s notorious Ambassador apartments
A MAN is in critical condition after he was stabbed in a brutal attack at a notorious Frankston apartment block.
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A MAN has been stabbed in the back in a brutal and cowardly attack at Frankston’s notorious Ambassador apartments.
The Frankston man was stabbed following an argument with another man and was flown to The Royal Melbourne Hospital with life-threatening injuries and remains in a critical condition.
It’s another blow in the apartment complex’s checkered history, dubbed the most dangerous address in the country by owners.
Police were called to the 325 Nepean Highway site about 3pm yesterday and found a 24-year-old man in the breezeway with stab wounds to the back.
Frankston crime investigation unit detective Senior Sergeant Stephen McKenzie said the man got into an argument with a 44-year-old Frankston man, which quickly turned violent.
He said the alleged attacker jumped through an apartment window and fled the scene.
Sen-Sgt McKenzie said the man was arrested a few hours later when he went to the Frankston Hospital emergency department for treatment for minor cuts and grazes.
He spent the night in custody and is expected to face Frankston Magistrates’ Court later today.
The pair are believed to be known to each other.
Frankston Leader reported late last year that owners blame the Ambassador’s troubles on an unusual condition placed on the apartment block, which prohibits them from living at the complex.
The Victorian Administrative and Civil Tribunal imposed the condition in 2006 to ensure the site remained available as low cost housing for vulnerable residents.
But owners want the ban overturned and say all it has done is create an apartment block so dangerous even paramedics won’t attend without a police escort.
On October 16 last year a man wielding a chainsaw cut through a door and destroyed furniture at the Ambassador while in December a 38-year-old man suffered cuts and bruises after he was assaulted by two men armed with bolt cutters at the complex.
Stuart Allen, owner of four of the Ambassador’s 110 units, told Leader in October 2017 they had tried for years to fix problems, hiring 24-hour security guards, installing security cameras and imposing age restrictions on tenants, but all attempts had failed and they were at their wits’ end.
“It’s become a hub for drugs, vandalism and bad behaviour,” he said.
“The Ambassador is a dangerous place to live, but it doesn’t have to be.”
Last month Frankston Council rejected owners’ calls to overturn the contentious condition, with councillors voting unanimously to keep the ban on owner-occupiers.