Two teens charged after allegedly breaking into woman’s home and stealing car
Two teens have been charged with more than 30 offences after a woman allegedly woke to find them holding knives in her bedroom before they stole her car.
Two teenage boys have been charged with more than 30 offences after they allegedly broke into a woman’s home and stole her car at knifepoint.
The woman described the terrifying moment she allegedly woke to find the pair brandishing knives at the foot of her bed and demanding the keys to her car at her Mango Hill property.
CCTV footage provided to The Courier-Mail shows a red Audi pulling up outside the property on Plummer Crescent about 4.30am on Wednesday.
A person dressed in black clothing, wearing a hood and a mask, is captured getting out of the car and walking towards the front door of the property.
A second person without a shirt and with a face covering can be seen getting out of the red Audi and moving towards the home.
The red car then drives away a short time later, and the shirtless man and the man dressed in black can be seen going in and out of the front door.
Mango Hill resident Lucy said she was in bed with her partner when she woke up to two people standing over her with knives demanding the keys to her car.
“They didn’t yell at us. Or say anything.. It was a big chef knife” she said.
“We think they jumped the gate and then picked the lock to the back door.
“They took the keys from the side table for our car.”
CCTV footage captures the moment the pair leave the home with Lucy’s keys.
The shirtless person brandishing what appears to be machete is then spotted running towards the red Audi that pulls back up outside the home.
The second person dressed in black unlocks the white Hyundai and drives off.
“They had balaclavas on and no shirt but they looked young,” she said.
“I was honestly in such shock I just felt like I was having a heart attack I just got up and ran out my bedroom to the living room. It will impact me huge I am scared to sleep.”
Police arrested the two teenagers in Helensvale on Thursday morning.
A 14-year-old Redcliffe boy has been charged with 17 offences including five counts of enter dwelling and commit, three counts each of attempted enter dwelling with intent at night and unlawful use of a motor vehicle (UUMV) – use in night, two counts of attempted enter premises with intent to commit indictable offence, and one count each of UUMV, enter premises and commit indictable offence by break, possession of a knife in a public place, and driving of motor vehicle without a driver licence never held a licence.
A 15-year-old boy was charged with five counts of enter dwelling and commit, four counts of UUMV – use in the night, three counts of attempted enter dwelling with intent at night, two counts of attempted enter premises with intent to commit, and one count of enter premises and commit indictable offence by break.
Their bail was refused, and the pair are expected to appear before Southport Childrens Court today, 28 November.
