Elizabeth South carjacking: Stolen vehicle tracked using phone as victim feared he would be stabbed
A man who was threatened at knifepoint in a terrifying northern suburbs carjacking says the incident has left him “shaken up”. Picture: 7 News
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A man who was threatened at knifepoint in a terrifying northern suburbs carjacking tracked the stolen car after hiding his phone under the seat during the ordeal.
Matt Lintern 38, was sitting in his car on Willison Rd, Elizabeth South, about 4am Monday when he was approached by four men in an orange coloured ute – one of whom threatened him with a knife.
“(A suspect said) Give us your keys, with a knife in his hands, saying they were going to stab me, I said no, and he stuck a knife through the window,” Mr Lintern told 7 News.
They drove off in the Holden sedan, but didn’t know Mr Lintern had slipped his phone under the seat.
Mr Lintern and his housemate used the Find My Phone app to track the car where it was dumped and abandoned on nearby Grately St at Elizabeth Grove.
Police searched the area but could not find the suspects.
The vehicle was towed for forensic examination and police investigations are ongoing.
It follows a dramatic carjacking at Kilburn which saw STAR group officers chase down the alleged offender and arrest him in a garden shed in April.
The woman was sitting in the car on Brunswick St when a man not known to her allegedly smashed the passenger window and pulled the woman from the car before driving off in it
The suspect was arrested the following day after the police helicopter tracked the stolen car in Lockleys.
Mr Lintern said he was shaken up by the incident.
The driver allegedly dumped the car and fled on foot, jumping fences of nearby homes on Balmoral St before the was arrested after locking himself in a garden shed.
Anyone with information on the overnight incident should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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