Masked bandits use sledgehammers to break into bakery

  • CCTV footage has captured the moment two masked bandits broke into a bakery
  • Two men smashed their way into the Hampton Park shop in the early hours 
  • The pair stole eight wildberry and marble chessecakes and did not take cash 

Surveillance footage has captured the moment masked bandits used sledgehammers to break into a Melbourne bakery before making off with eight cheesecakes. 

Two men smashed their way into the Hampton Park shop in the early hours of the morning August 24. 

Using the sledgehammers to make their way through the front entrance before the pair begin searching for cheesecakes. 

Surveillance footage has captured the moment masked bandits used sledgehammers to break into a Melbourne bakery before making off with eight cheesecakes

Two men smashed their way into the Hampton Park shop in the early hours of the morning August 24

Two men smashed their way into the Hampton Park shop in the early hours of the morning August 24

One of the men took a cheesecake from the display cabinet in the shop’s front as another went to the back into the refrigerated room.

He began sifting through the different varieties, appearing to be searching for a specific flavour. 

The man took seven wildberry and marble flavoured cheesecakes from the back room before running out to meet his partner and fleeing. 

The husband and wife who own the shop told 9News they are considering closing after five robberies in six years as they live in fear of another.

Using the sledgehammers to make their way through the front entrance before the pair begin searching for cheesecakes

Using the sledgehammers to make their way through the front entrance before the pair begin searching for cheesecakes

‘It’s our livelihood, my kids work here, we have a lot of our juniors working here… it means everything to us,’ Warren Perera said. 

Authorites believe the robbery may linked to another that happened at a hairdressing store.

Thieves broke into the Mt Eliza premises and stole clothing, cash and hair care items. 

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