By Brendan Rees
A Narre Warren South man has recounted the terrifying moment his car was rammed by thugs moments after ransacking his home.
Bruce Sayers had been out Halloween shopping with his 14-year-old daughter at Casey Central when they returned to their England Walk home to find a BMW blocking their driveway about 7.30pm on Saturday 12 October.
Mr Sayers, 46, spoke to the female passenger who said: “Oh we’re looking for David, we’re going out”.
“To me that meant: ‘Yeah OK they’re lost’,” he said, still wondering where the driver was.
He said a man then appeared from the back of his home, “and threw boxes of stuff in the car” saying to the passenger “we’ve gotta go, gotta go.”
Fearing for his daughter’s safety who was sitting in the front passenger seat, Mr Sayers tried to move his Commodore which was parked across the driveway.
“I wasn’t quick enough and they reversed at speed into my car,” he said. “They went forward and reversed into my car again, and kept their foot on the accelerator trying to push my car sideways out of the way.”
The thugs then tore over his garden before smashing the water meter and driving off.
Mr Sayers followed the car thinking it would come to an abrupt stop after being severely damaged. “They went down a dead end court and did a U-turn and on their way back they hit my car a third time. They’ve popped a tyre and done a fair bit of damage,” he said.
“There was the shock of my god what the hell’s happened?”
Luckily Mr Sayers and his daughter were not injured.
The bandits stole his daughter’s school bag and laptop, her school uniform, and dance uniform as well as one dance shoe.
“That’s probably the biggest loss because everything else is stuff you can’t really put a price on,” he said, which included a handmade leather wallet from Africa passed on by his mother and an Olympic relay baton.
“It’s sunk in and it’s a little bit scary. I’m really concerned about my daughter,” Mr Sayers said.
The silver BMW had tinted windows with registration plates RANI79. The man was described as six foot, caucasion, slim build, and wearing a baseball cap. The woman, also caucasion, was wearing an off the shoulder outfit.
A Victoria Police spokesperson said: “Casey Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating following a burglary in Narre Warren.”
“The burglars managed to steal a number of electronic devices. Anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000”.
