'We're struggling as it is': Melbourne store owners tormented by crime spike

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'We're struggling as it is': Melbourne store owners tormented by crime spike

Melbourne small business owners say they're being driven to the wall amid a sharp increase in retail crime.Tim Webbers owns Smartronic, a mobile phone repair and accessories business in Lynbrook, in the city's south-east.The store was recently broken into and robbed by a hoodie-wearing offender.READ MORE: Gunman guilty of murdering man in car shooting outside Melbourne housing unit"I'm not a violent person at all. I wish I was, because I would p…