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Terrified daughter’s chilling five-word text message as masked gang invade her home before speeding off in stolen Audi
The family arrived home to see a burglar turning their car around in the drive to escape
A TERRIFIED daughter sent a chilling five-word text message to her family after a masked gang broke into her home - while she was inside.
The dramatic home invasion has been caught on CCTV and has left the woman scared to stay home alone.
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The robbery also saw the family arrive home to see their £18k Audi stolen in front of their eyes.
Footage provided to shows two men breaking into the Lozells home in quick succession at 10.30pm on November 22.
They are dressed in black clothing with hats and have covered their faces.
Upon getting inside the house, the burglars realised it wasn't empty and locked the woman, who had been sleeping, inside her bedroom.
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In a chilling message, she woke up and realised what was going on, telling her family WhatsApp group: "There's burglars in the house."
They had been home only an hour before, but when burglars struck only the 22-year-old daughter was home.
After receiving her plea for help, the family then rushed back to the house.
Footage shows the burglars then fleeing the home a couple of minutes later.
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One burglar runs back to a black car waiting on the other side of the street, while the second man, instead, steals the white Audi A8 parked on the drive.
Just as that burglar turns the Audi around to drive off, the family arrives back at the house ready to confront the man.
But the burglar in the Audi is able to make an escape, driving right next to them at speed.
The woman's brother, who owned the car and had cash and trainers also stolen, spoke to about the ordeal.
"Straight away we came[home], we probably missed them by five seconds, but there was contact, when my uncle and cousins pulled up into the drive, the guy was reversing so it was just a matter of seconds.
"Now, my mum and my sister feel very scared, they don't want to stay home alone, which you can understand. My sister doesn't want to go to work, she's taken days off."
He thinks the same BMW X4 has been used to do multiple burglaries in the area.
"It's just surprising that these criminals haven't been caught - especially when they're coming through the front door. I think three to five burglaries have occurred," he said.
West Midlands Police said they have found the Audi and are conducting a forensic examination on it.
"It appears the burglar was working alongside an accomplice in a grey BMW which we've been able to establish was on false plates.
"We're continuing our enquiries to trace the real identity of this car and who the driver was.
"This would have been extremely frightening for the person who was in the address at the time and we are determined to identify those involved.
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"We're investigating whether this is linked to four other recent car key burglaries in the city. Vehicle crime is a top priority for the force and we remain committed to tackling this crime," a spokesperson said.
More than 600 burglaries a day go unsolved around England and Wales with 213,279 break-ins where a suspect was identified happening in the last financial year.
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