Worst Carjacker Ever

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Irregular News for 10.28.05

 

China -- Carjackers had to ask their victim to demonstrate how to put his luxury car into reverse before relying on him again for directions on how to open the garage door.

Police said the two balaclava-clad men ordered a 69-year-old man out of his $100,000 black 2001 Audi S4 sports car and told him to lie on the floor of his garage at 6.30pm on Tuesday.

 

It is believed the two bandits, one possibly a P-plate driver, had waited outside his Military Rd, Watsons Bay, home in a white Commodore.

 

After threatening the man and demanding his keys, the bandits climbed into the car and, after one of the men's attempts to reverse the car failed, the second bandit moved from the passenger seat to the driver's seat.

 

The pair were unable to get the car into reverse and one demanded the car's owner get off the floor to help them.

 

The victim said the bandits were "nervous" and "not professional at all".

 

Detective Superintendent Ken McKay from Strike Force Picadilly -- set up to investigate 12 recent carjackings -- said the incident was not the work of a gang which had been terrorising the owners of luxury cars.

 

He said the pair later used the Audi in a bag snatch.

 

The gangs police are searching for are professional thieves who use guns to steal high performance luxury cars they use as getaways after major crimes.

 

In a significant breakthrough in their investigation, the police now have an image of one of the carjackers.

 

Supt McKay yesterday released the image of a bandit, who bashed the owner of a silver Porsche in a garage in Vaucluse last month.

 

The victim, who drove his $250,000 Porsche into his driveway before he was threatened with a gun, told The Daily Telegraph yesterday: "They were looking for the key on the floor and took off the balaclava.

 

"They panicked when they heard the car alarm go off ... and ran off."

 

The man suffered a broken nose and a fractured eye socket in the attack.

 

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