Coffs Harbour carjacking: Man charged over allegedly stealing vehicle with child inside
A man has been charged after he allegedly stole a vehicle with a child inside and struck a woman while driving away in a terrifying carjacking.
The man allegedly stole the car near Tiffany Close, Coffs Harbour, on the north coast of NSW, about 5pm Saturday.
NSW Police said officers were told when they arrived at the scene a man had allegedly stolen a sedan with a child inside.
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“She sustained minor injuries.”
The man then allegedly drove away and stopped at Mackays Road where he removed the child from the car and handed them over to a passerby.
Police searched the area and later found the child with no visible injuries. The 32-year-old man was also found and arrested a short time later at a property on Kathleen Drive, Dirty Creek.
The sedan was seized for forensic examination.
The man was taken to Coffs Harbour Police Station, where he was charged with aggravated take or drive a motor vehicle with a person in or on it — inflict actual bodily harm, take and drive conveyance without consent of owner, destroy or damage property, and driving without ever having a license.
He was refused bail to appear before Parramatta Local Court via AVL today.
