Collingwood cheer squad cult figure Jeff ‘Joffa’ Corfe footy mementos stolen
CULT Collingwood fan “Joffa” Corfe has been robbed of precious footy mementos after his home was burgled as he took a daytime nap.
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CULT Collingwood fan Jeff “Joffa” Corfe has been robbed of precious footy photo mementos after his home was burgled as he took a daytime nap.
The thief broke in through a front window while the 51-year-old was recovering from a night shift helping the underprivileged.
Ironically the case was reported to an officer who shares the same surname as Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley.
Corfe, sleeping in a bedroom of his Footscray home as a study directly opposite was ransacked, told the Herald Sun he hated to think about what could have happened had he disturbed the intruder.
“It was pretty scary,’’ he said.
“You hear about these home invasions where people are bashed and stabbed.
“They would have seen me as the only person stopping them from getting out.
“You can replace items but you can’t replace horrific injury or death.”
A Dell laptop, another notebook and an iPad containing cherished photos from the Salvation Army worker’s long history with the Collingwood cheer squad plus family pictures were among items taken in Tuesday’s break-in, which occurred between 11am and 3.30pm.
Bank cards, souvenirs from a recent London trip and Corfe’s passport were also stolen.
His infamous gold jacket survived.
“I saw the window open, the flywire was flapping — it had been cut with a knife so obviously this person was armed,’’ Corfe said.
“When you see something like that, especially just after waking up, your mind can’t comprehended what you are seeing.
“It’s a very, very scary situation.
“We are working people — we work for the things we have got.
“And these people think they can just come in and take it.
“Why don’t these people just get out and get a job and leave other people alone.
“I had all my photos on my computers — it’s a loss.
“They are all gone.
“This is what I don’t think these people realise.
“There are memories and things that we store on computers now that mean a lot to us.
“And they are irreplaceable — years and years of happy memories.
“It’s no good.”
Detectives from Maribyrnong CIU are investigating the break-in.