Mid-North Coast detectives are investigating a violent home invasion which saw a man stabbed and two cars stolen, before a dramatic pursuit ended with the vehicles found abandoned.
Emergency services were called to a home on The Ruins Way, Port Macquarie, about 5.50am on Monday 10 August, where officers were told a group of unknown people had forced entry into the home and stole two cars, a black Ford Mustang and a grey Mercedes C300.
During the incident, the occupant, a 37-year-old man, sustained stab wounds to his arm as he wrestled with the invaders at the front of his property. He was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken to hospital in a stable condition with lacerations to his arm.
Mid-North Coast District Crime Manager, Detective Inspector Mark Rogers, said the incident was being treated as an aggravated break and enter, with the invaders forcing their way into the property and numbering somewhere between three and five.
Detective Inspector Rogers told a press conference in Port Macquarie on Monday afternoon that the man was not alone in the house at the time, but could give no further details on the other occupants, other than that they were unharmed.
Shortly after the break-in, police located the two stolen vehicles travelling on Macleay Valley Way at Kempsey. When both vehicles failed to stop as directed, a pursuit was initiated and road spikes were deployed.
A short time later, police located the Mustang abandoned nearby. The car was seized and will undergo forensic examination. The Mercedes was later found alight in the Greenhill area, with Fire and Rescue NSW firefighters extinguishing the blaze before the vehicle was also seized for forensic examination.
Multiple crime scenes have been established, and police have commenced an investigation into the incident.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au.
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