A Footscray man cowered in fear and disbelief last week as an attacker beat his car’s windscreen into shards of glass.
Brenton Davey, 31, was driving home at 9.45pm on Thursday when three monkey bike riders pulled out in front of him on Ballarat Road, Sunshine.
Mr Davey blasted his horn as the riders, without helmets, weaved in and out of traffic at high speed.
When he reached the Anderson Road intersection, the bikes pulled up behind him with their lights off.
The men dismounted and tried to wrench open his car’s locked rear doors.
Boxed in on all sides and unable to escape, Mr Davey listened as the riders moved their attack along the car, thumping side panels as they closed in.
The main attacker began to beat the windscreen, unflinching as it splintered into his bare fists and blood splattered over the glass.
“I was terrified,” Mr Davey said. “I’m sitting there just trying not to look at him, looking about the car making sure everything is locked. He’s injuring himself going nuts trying to get to me.”
The central assailant then began to spit at the window, his face inches from Mr Davey.
When the lights turned green, the assailants fled, riding north up McIntyre Road.
The attack happened 50 metres from Sunshine police station.
The offenders are described as in their late teens or early 20s, Caucasian, of average height with short, dark hair. The central assailant wore a white T-shirt.
Anyone who saw the incident is being asked to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Meredith Eriksson, The Age
