by Luke Voogt
Thieves knifed a Wandana Heights mother while her children slept before stealing her car on Monday morning, according to police.
The woman woke about 2am after hearing noises and found two males in her Wandana Dve home, Detective Senior Sergeant Mark Guthrie said.
“That’s just terrifying isn’t it? To be woken up at early hours of the morning knowing that you’ve got children in the house and there’s people inside of your house.”
The 31-year-old woman confronted the two males, grabbing one as they tried to make off with her bag and car keys.
She sustained minor cuts to her shoulder and finger during the confrontation.
“I believe it was some sort of small knife,” Det Sen Sgt Guthrie said.
The males, who the woman described as possibly in their late teens, fled the scene in her white 2009 Volvo registration XVF 837.
Emergency services attended the address shortly after 2am and paramedics treated the woman for upper body injuries before taking her to University Hospital Geelong, an Ambulance Victoria spokesperson said.
Det Sen Sgt Mark Guthrie described the knife attack as a “desperate act” and warned residents not to confront home intruders.
“I will just say to people, I understand that it’s confronting and all the rest of it but we do ask them not to confront these people, because you never know what they are armed with.”
He suggested they find a safe room, hide and phone triple zero instead.
“Cars can be replaced; lives can’t be,” he said.
He urged anybody with information to phone Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential report online at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au.
