Police arrest ten over Berwick home invasion, theft
A GANG of teenagers has been charged after terrorising an elderly disability pensioner and assaulting her son during a dramatic daylight raid.
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A GANG of teenagers has been charged with aggravated home invasion and theft after terrorising an elderly disability pensioner and assaulting her son.
Shelly, who asked for her surname to be withheld, barricaded herself in her bedroom when up to ten youths smashed their way into her Berwick home yesterday.
Footage obtained by the Herald Sun shows the dramatic daylight raid, in which the brazen youths march into Shelly’s front yard armed with bats.
One young man is seen kicking the front door repeatedly shouting abuse.
“They were screaming they were going to kick the door in, they smashed three cameras while I was hiding in the bedroom with the dogs,” she said.
Some of the youths can be seen running down the side of the house and smashing a CCTV camera while another films the rampage on a mobile phone.
The youths allegedly assaulted Shelly’s teenage son with a bat and stole a video game console and $400 cash.
Shelly, who suffers from multiple sclerosis and uses a wheelchair, said she was now terrified to leave the house.
“We moved here nine years ago and it’s become so bad ... This has become a really scary area,” she said.
Shelly said she had little faith in the justice system.
“They’re just going to get a slap on the wrist and end up out on the street again, what if they come back?”
Victoria Police spokeswoman Alex Day said 10 people, including two as young as 13, had been charged by police.
The shocking home invasion saw four 15-years-olds bailed to appear at a children’s court at a later date.
Two 16-year-olds were also bailed to appear at the children’s court while another 16-year-old was charged on summons.
A 13-year-old was bailed to appear at the children’s court while another 13-year-old was charged on summons.
The eldest of the group, an 18-year-old, was remanded in custody and will appear at Melbourne Magistrates Court today.