Victorian man charged after allegedly stealing car with baby inside

A man has been charged after harrowing CCTV footage captured the moment a mum chased her car after it was allegedly stolen with her baby inside.

A man has been arrested and charged after chilling security footage captured the moment a man allegedly stole a new mum’s car with her baby boy inside.

Dean Anderson, 46, was charged with several offences, including kidnapping, theft of a motor vehicle, committing an indictable offence while on bail and unlicensed driving, over the alleged incident at Keysborough in Melbourne’s southwest on Tuesday.

Lawyers for Mr Anderson appeared in court on Wednesday while he remained isolated in his cell due to concerns he had Covid-19.

Mr Anderson is accused of stealing a car that had an 11-month-old boy inside.

The little boy was inside the car when it was allegedly stolen. Picture: Supplied by Victoria Police

Dean Anderson has been arrested and charged.

Police will allege the little boy’s mother had briefly left the vehicle and had the engine running when Mr Anderson took the car and sped off, prompting a frantic search for the youngster.

“As you can imagine, when their 11-month-old baby is missing, they are very distressed,” Inspector Fiona Halford told reporters at the time.

The boy was located “safe and well” in Cranbourne a few hours later before Mr Anderson was arrested and charged.

The boy has since been reunited with his family.

Mr Anderson did not apply for bail and will appear in court again on Thursday.