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Chilling moment: A teenage girl finds a “strange man, 44, lurking INSIDE her parked car” late at night as brave bystanders tackle him in a dramatic citizen’s arrest.
- Sydney teen terrified after finding stranger sitting in her car
- The 19-year-old woman was returning to her car after work.
- Members of the public restrained the man before police arrived.
A teenage girl has been terrorized by a middle-aged stranger she allegedly found sitting in her parked car, prompting a dramatic citizen arrest by bystanders.
The 19-year-old woman was getting into her car at the end of her night shift when she discovered the 44-year-old man inside at around 1am on Friday in Bunnerong Road, Matraville, in eastern Sydney.
Bystanders came to his aid, repeatedly asking the man to get out of the car before he allegedly assaulted the woman and a 49-year-old man.
The 19-year-old woman was getting into her car when she discovered the 44-year-old man inside at around 1am on Friday in Bunnerong Road, Matraville, in eastern Sydney (pictured)
Bystanders arrived and repeatedly asked the man to get out of the car before he allegedly assaulted the woman and a 49-year-old man.
The group then restrained the man as he tried to flee, before officers from the Eastern Beaches Area Police Command arrived to arrest him.
The young woman reportedly had facial injuries from the incident but did not need to go to hospital, while the 49-year-old man suffered multiple head injuries.
The Good Samaritan was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken to Prince of Wales Hospital in stable condition.
The suspected attacker was also sent to the same hospital before police loaded him up and took him to the Maroubra police station.
He was charged with entering a vehicle without the consent of the owner/occupant, two counts of common battery, reckless battery, and use of an offensive weapon with intent to commit an indictable offense.
The suspected trespasser was denied bail to appear at Waverley Local Court on Friday.
The group held the man after he tried to flee, before officers from the Playas del Este Area Police Command arrived to arrest him.