The family of the Oatlands crash victims have suffered another devastating blow, after their Telopea home was robbed on Wednesday.
The Abdallah family lost three children in February last year after a drunk driver crashed into the children when they were walking to get an ice-cream.
Police received reports of the invasion around 11.45am and attended the Robert Street home.
Leila Abdallah, mother of victims Antony, Angelina and Sienna was at home at the time of the robbery with a 40-year-old female friend.
The women saw the masked intruder as he attempted to leave the home through the front door.
He left the scene in a stolen white Audi, which was being driven by a second man.
Handbags and jewelry have been reported as stolen.
A short time later, about 11.50am, emergency services were called to a home on Kissing Point Road at Dundas, after reports of an attempted stealing.
Police have been told a 35-year-old man had parked his vehicle in the driveway of a home where he was conducting work, and when he returned he saw an unknown man exiting the driver’s seat of the car.
When confronted, the man then ran to the passenger side of a white Audi, which was parked a short distance away, and the vehicle drove away.
Local police attended, with the assistance of POL-AIR and the Dog Unit, but were unable to locate the vehicle despite extensive patrols.
Detectives have now commenced an investigation surrounding the circumstances of both incidents and are treating them as linked.
“In the last 12 months, the victims of the Telopea incident have endured an incredible ordeal,” Cumberland Police Area Command Detective Superintendent Darryl Jobson said.
“I appeal to the conscience of the people responsible for this crime to hand themselves in to the police, and I also appeal to them to return the property of those victims.”
Anyone who may have seen a white Audi S3 Sedan with registration plates EGJ-56M is urged to come forward and contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
The Audi is believed to have been stolen from a home at North Rocks between 10pm on Monday, April 26 and 6am on Tuesday, April 27, and remains outstanding.
It is not believed to have been involved in any other incidents.
The man is described as being of Caucasian appearance, about 183cm tall, aged between 20-25 with a skinny build and blond/light coloured hair.
He was wearing a black baseball cap, a black face mask, black track pants and a blue hooded jumper.
The driver of the vehicle is described only as having blond hair.
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