Luak Jal: Doveton teen, masked bandits robbed Glen Waverley kids, stole Wheelers Hill cavoodle

Two children left home alone in Glen Waverley were left horrified when three masked bandits bashed down their door.

A Dandenong teen has fronted court over a terrifying morning home invasion at Glen Waverley. Picture: Generic

A gutless teen thug robbed a frightened young girl and her brother while they were left home alone, a court has heard.

Luak Jal, 18, pleaded guilty in the County Court on Friday following a string of crimes across the eastern suburbs.

The court heard Jal and two others pulled up to the Glen Waverley property about 11.30am on July 12 last year in a Subaru that was nicked from a Glen Iris home six days earlier.

Jal yanked the family’s CCTV camera from its nook and threw it on the ground, before ferociously kicking the front door in as the terrified 14-year-old girl and her 18-year-old brother woke in their bedrooms.

“I think there is (sic) robbers,” the young girl told her brother.

“Two of the offenders cornered (the girl) and one of them said ‘give us your phone

and we won’t hurt you’,” the prosecution said.

The trio, all wearing dark clothes and face masks, took the family’s three tablets, two mobile phones, four wallets, cash, a laptop and PlayStation.

Just half an hour later, Jal and two unknown co-offenders took the Subaru to an elderly couple’s Wheelers Hill property where they stole jewellery, cash and pet Cavoodle dog Harry.

The couple was not home at the time of the hit, Judge Michael Tinney heard.

Police pounced on Jal when an off-duty officer noticed the Subaru parked in Mt Waverley on July 22 as Jal and two others changed a tyre on the side of the road.

“I don’t know anything about the (Glen Waverley) home invasion, I don’t do that dumb s***…that’s not me cuz (sic),” Jal lied in an interview.

The prosecution told the court Jal’s offending was “calculated”.

“They had disguises, this wasn’t someone’s silly idea … it’s broad daylight and he’s kicking the door in,” the prosecution said.

Jal’s lawyer told the court his client’s 230 days spent in custody had served as a “significant wake up call”.

The court heard Jal suffers from intellectual and cognitive difficulties but wants to study mechanics or plumbing upon his release.

Jal pleaded guilty to charges including home invasion, intentionally damaging property, robbery, theft and burglary.

He was remanded to return on April 26.