Several car dealerships along Springvale Road in the Melbourne suburb of Glen Waverley were targeted by a man wielding an axe on November 2, leaving more than 20 vehicles with smashed windscreens and significant panel damage.
The offender was captured in the act by closed circuit television between 6am and 8am according to 9 News, which reportedly caused more than $100,000 in vehicle damages.
Waverley BMW service manager Andrew Moschini told 9 News that “it was a really disappointing crime.”
“In the middle of the night, nothing better to do, it’s really frustrating that someone could do such a thing,” Moschini says.
“Luckily it wasn’t during business hours with customers around, or employees,” he says.
Garry and Warren Smith Mazda sales consultant Mark Barrett told 9 News that he was dumbfounded when he found out about the incident.
“We really can’t see the sense in it, or the purpose and don’t know the reason,” Barrett says.
Victoria Police told 9 News that is it are trying to establish who is the man caught on CCTV and what motivated him to smash up the vehicles involved.
“We don’t want people walking around with axes,” it says.
