Pair charged over alleged break-in at Jeff Fenech’s Five Dock home

Two men have been charged after the home of boxing champion Jeff Fenech, and another property, were broken into on Tuesday morning.

Two men have been charged, with police alleging broke into boxing champion Jeff Fenech’s home and another property on Tuesday morning.

Police will allege the pair, aged 20 and 29, tried to break into a home at Wareemba in Sydney’s inner-west before trying to climb through a window of Fenech’s Five Dock home about 3.40am.

It is believed the men took several sets of car keys and were trying to access a car in Fenech’s driveway before police arrived.

CCTV of the incident shows a man wearing gloves and a scarf over his face peering into a car in Fenech’s driveway.

Fenech said the incident, which happened while he and his family were asleep inside, had left them frightened.

Retired Australian boxer Jeff Fenech said it wouldn’t have been good if he caught the thieves first. Picture: AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts

CCTV from Jeff Fenech's house showing

the thieves on his Five Dock property. Picture: 2GB

Arguably Australia’s greatest boxer, Fenech, now a trainer, had only just arrived back in the country after a training camp in Thailand with young fighter, Hass Hamdam.

The thought that his wife Suzee could have been alone in the house when the drama unfolded has rattled Fenech.

My wife and daughter are shaken,” Fenech said.

“This all makes me feel sick. It’s frightening for my family, and me too, it’s not good.”

“If I came down (from the upstairs bedroom), they were in trouble, brother. No one comes into my house,” he added.

“It wouldn’t have been good”, said retired Australian boxer Jeff Fenech. Picture: AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts

Both men were charged with five offences each, including disguising their faces with intent to comment an indictable offence and aggravated break and enter.

They will face Burwood Local Court today.

It marks the second time Fenech’s house has been targeted, with a thief stealing cash, credit cards, a camera and jewellery in an overnight robbery of the same home in 2010.

Originally published as Pair charged over alleged break-in at Jeff Fenech’s Five Dock home