Man beaten unconscious for his XR6T

[Bobman]

Scumbags. I'm not being racist, but most young Islanders that I've met in my life have not been very nice people. What a disgrace this is.

Be careful out there XR6 Turbo owners if this is anything to go by. If anyone knows this guy or knows the rego or colour of the car, pass it on and hopefully we can all keep a lookout for parts and so on.

Bashed, left for dead
Man beaten unconscious for his car

A NARRE Warren South man was viciously bashed and left on the side of the road by a pack of car thieves. Patrick Reyes said he was attacked after parking his Ford XR6 turbo sedan outside the Pound Rd, Narre Warren Mobile Service Station about 3.30am on Sunday, April 11.

The 24-year-old said a car carrying four men stopped in front of him, and two of them got out of the back seat.

‘‘They started coming towards me and I could tell they were looking for a fight.’’

Mr Reyes said he was hit on the face and head before being knocked unconscious.

‘‘I blacked out and woke up to find my car was gone.’’

Passers-by found Mr Reyes lying on the road and took him to hospital with a fractured jaw and deep cuts to his chin and mouth.

He now has a permanent metal plate in his jaw.

Mr Reyes said he believed gang violence had skyrocketed in Hampton Park and Narre Warren.

‘‘They are petty troublemakers. I was just caught in the middle,’’ he said.

Mr Reyes said he still owed $ 11,000 on his car, which was uninsured.

He described the men as being of Islander appearance, about 19 to 23 years old, medium build, about 180cm tall and driving a small blue Holden similar to a Toyota RAV4.