By Brendan Rees
When Ian and Sue Spedding left their cars unlocked in their carport, they least expected them to be broken into.
However CCTV has captured the moment a brazen thief allegedly walked down their Darling Way driveway in Narre Warren during the early hours of the morning on Thursday 19 July before the man his seen rummaging through Mr Spedding’s Mitsubishi sedan.
“This guy was so damn casual,” said Ms Spedding. “He’s literally strolled down the drive.”
She said the footage showed the man allegedly wearing gloves and trying to enter her car but was deterred when he saw a flashing red light. “He’s obviously thought ‘Oh that might be alarmed I’m not going there.’”
According to Ms Spedding, the camera filmed the man rifling through Mr Spedding’s car where he allegedly stole a mobile phone. “He’s in Ian’s car for a good two minutes.”
Mr Spedding realised someone had been through his car when he found his water bottle sitting in the foot well as he was about to drive to work.
Ms Spedding was still trying to wrap her head around the incident. “Everybody said to us ‘Don’t you lock your car?’ But it’s in your carport by your house, you shouldn’t have to lock it,” she said.
“Locked or not it doesn’t give him the right to come down and do what he’s done.”
Narre Warren police are investigating. Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
