Guitar hero: Musician fights off armed home intruders using his bass after they broke in and demanded the keys to his Mercedes Benz
- Mike heard thieves smashing his door in Truganina at 1.50 on Tuesday morning
- They demanded the keys to his Mercedes and held a knife to his partner's throat
- The 37-year-old couldn't find his keys so charged at the thieves with a bass guitar
- The thieves fled empty handed after Mike chased them out to their getaway car
A musician fought off armed intruders with a bass guitar after they broke into his home to steal his Mercedes Benz.
Mike heard the would-be thieves smashing down his front door in Truganina in Melbourne's west at 1.50 on Tuesday morning.
'Me and my partner were still up,' he told 3AW.
'She was getting ready to have a shower and I was doing a little clean up around my office and we started hearing bangs at the door.'
The thugs bashed through the front door with mallets and demanded the keys to Mike's Mercedes Benz, which was parked outside in the driveway.
'They broke the glass, broke the door in and came running in like "give us the keys to the car",' he said.
Melbourne musician Mike fought off two armed intruders who broke into his home to steal his Mercedes Benz with a bass guitar (pictured)
'We want the car and one of us is going to take it.'
One of the offenders held a knife to Mike's partner's throat as he frantically searched through his office for his car keys to no avail.
The 37-year-old decided it was 'me versus them' and grabbed his bass guitar and charged at the intruders.
'I picked up the cheapest guitar I had and went wheeling out after them calling "come on boys lets go" and ran them out of the house and smashed their window in the process,' he said.
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'It was one of those moments where you freeze or you act and I guess I acted.'
Mike said he grabbed his bass because it had more reach and weight than his others, which was only lightly damaged after bashing the rear passenger side window of their getaway car.
He described the offenders as 'classic-looking thugs' who escaped empty handed in a small car after Mike chased them down the street.
Neither Mike or his partner were injured in the incident.
Mike charged at the intruders with his bass guitar, who fled into the street in Truganina (pictured) and into a getaway car
Police believe a man and a woman were waiting in the getaway car for the thieves to return.
'Wyndham Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for information or for anyone who witnessed the car in the vicinity to come forward,' a Victoria Police media statement reads.
'The offenders are perceived to be Middle Eastern in appearance and were wearing hooded jumpers and had their faces covered.'
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