Brazen way Perth eshays allegedly stole Woodside CEO Meg O’Neill’s Maserati from City Beach mansion
In brutal fashion, eshays allegedly managed to steal the mining CEO’s Maserati and take it for a joyride – while their sneaky method of getting through her beachfront mansion is revealed
- Eshays reportedly used a very unusual method of breaking in
- Woodside head Meg O’Neill and her family were home at the time
Four men accused of stealing a mining company’s $150,000 Maserati allegedly used a highly unusual method to enter her beachfront mansion.
The men reportedly crawled through a dog door built into Woodside CEO Meg O’Neill’s home in Perth, located in the city’s exclusive suburb of City Beach.
Then they would take off their eshay style sneakers before barging into the house to keep quiet.
Mrs. O’Neill and her family were home at the time.
Details of how the alleged robbery took place were revealed when one of the accused men, 31-year-old Adam Dion Prior, was denied bail, the Western Australian reported.
Perth Magistrates Court heard that Prior, who was on parole for other offenses at the time, arrived at Mrs O’Neill’s country house around 11:30pm on 10 January with three others in another luxury car which they are also charged with theft.
Four men accused of stealing from a mining company The CEO’s Maserati allegedly used a very unusual and brutal method to enter her beachfront mansion
A police prosecutor told the court that the group parked across the street from the house and then went to the property and took off their shoes.
They are then accused of crawling through the dog door and allegedly stealing the keys to a blue Maserati sports car and a $60,000 Jeep Cherokee.
Some of the alleged co-perpetrators later posed for a photo in front of one of the cars wearing eshay-style sportswear and raising their middle fingers.
Three men – aged 30, 27 and 24 – were initially arrested and charged with burglary and robbery.
The Jeep Cherokee was said to have been involved in a chase with police the following morning, which ended in a collision with the police car at around 11:49 a.m., the court heard.
Prior was reportedly driving the Jeep Cherokee when it crashed with the police vehicle.
Woodside CEO Meg O’Neill (pictured) and her family were home at the time
Shortly afterwards, the Maserati was found abandoned on the Kwinana Freeway in Baldivis, 45 km south of Perth.
Prior’s lawyer Emma Bradley applied for bail for her client and told the court he denied any involvement in the burglary and car thefts and that identity would also be an issue.
Ms Bradley said that even if her client were convicted of reckless driving, the amount of jail time he would receive would be less than the time it would take for the case to be brought to trial.
She said a bail plan had been drawn up with Outcare’s reintegration service, which would support Prior if he was granted bail for house arrest.
The police prosecutor opposed bail, telling the court that Prior had a “history of violence against police”, a “reluctance” to follow court orders and problems with “non-compliance”.
Chief Magistrate Steven Heath said that while Ms Bradley’s comments about the time it would take to bring the case to trial were relevant, they did not warrant bail.
Police have charged four men with burglary and theft of a Maserati and Jeep Cherokee in City Beach, home of Meg O’Neill, CEO of Woodside Energy (pictured)
In January, WA Police Commissioner Colonel Blanch pushed back on the eshay stereotype, saying police focused on criminal activity and not what criminals were wearing.
“People who choose to be criminal or commit crime, that’s what matters to me,” he told 6PR radio.
“I don’t care what you look like, but I’ll come after you if you commit (an alleged) crime.”
Prior must appear in court again in May.