A black 2015 Holden Club Sport Anniversary model, registration number AFL 268 stolen from a home in Essendon on Wednesday. Man stabbed in neck in Bendigo attack A Bendigo man who confronted a home invader was stabbed in the neck and had to be taken to hospital after unsuccessfully trying to defend himself from the aggravated burglary. The 30-year-old man was woken by the sounds of an intruder in his home about 10.30pm on Tuesday. He found an offender in his garage and was stabbed in the neck and hands in the confrontation.

The burglar made off with the man's black Jeep. A grey, 2011 Volkswagen Scirocco coupe with registration VJT 086 was stolen from a home in Essendon on Wednesday. The man was taken to Bendigo Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Police received a tip-off about the stolen car's location on Wednesday morning, and swooped on an address in Myola. A 26-year-old man has been taken into custody and is receiving treatment for injuries sustained in the arrest.

A police spokeswoman said the vehicle has been recovered. Police are urging anyone who has spotted the stolen vehicle, which is adorned with signage for a window tinting business, to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. Rare car stolen in Essendon home invasion A family of four, including two young children, were woken just before 5am when offenders used a garden boulder to smash through the bi-fold doors of their home in Essendon. The family were confronted in their Kerford Road home by three men, described as being "of African appearance", who demanded the keys to their cars.

The offenders made off with the victim's rare car, a distinctive black 2015 Holden Club Sport Anniversary model, which was one of only 100 in existence. The victim, "John" (not his real name), told radio station 3AW that one of the burglars was "only a kid" and would have been no older than 16. "We heard a huge crash… and I knew there were multiple people in the house." John said he grabbed a cricket bat and ran to the living room, where he found the three intruders, one of whom was still climbing through the broken window. "I flicked the light on and screamed 'get out, get out'. I thought I would startle them and they would run but they weren't going anywhere."

John said the men kept ransacking the house even after he confronted them. He told host Neil Mitchell that he was full of adrenaline and ready to fight, but that his wife urged him to hand over the keys. He threw them the set of keys for the Holden, and the intruders then demanded he toss them the other set for the jeep as well. He complied, but realised afterwards that he had in fact handed them the spare set of keys for the Holden. "Talking to you now, I'm shaking," John said. "It has hit home what has happened." In the middle of John's conversation with Neil Mitchell about 9am, another man called in to report a sighting of the stolen Holden, which was parked in Dandenong South with a Caucasian man with a shaved head sitting inside.

It is not yet known if this sighting led to the recovery of the vehicle. But 'John' told 3AW he did not want the car back if it was recovered. "It is tainted now they have been out hooning in it," he said. There was one earlier sighting of the rare Holden turning into Keilor Park Drive in Keilor East, heading toward the Western Ring Road about 5am. Police believe at this time that the sighting is linked to the Essendon home invasion.

Couple lock themselves in ensuite during Airport West break-in At 3.45am, a husband and wife were woken by the sound of glass doors smashing in their Roberts Road, Airport West, house. Terrified at the thought of a home invasion, they locked themselves in their ensuite until the offenders left. When they emerged from their ensuite they discovered their grey 2011 Volkswagen Scirocco coupe with registration VJT 086 was missing, along with the woman's purse and valuable watches. Speaking to radio station 3AW, the victim "John" said he and his wife were still shaken up by the attack.

"My wife and I were in bed and we heard some glass shatter," he said. "People were entering the house." "We called out 'who's there?' and someone yelled back 'don't f--king move'. "My wife and I ran to the bathroom and called the police." John said he did not get a look at the thieves as he was locked in the bathroom throughout the ordeal.

He said at one point the burglars tried to get into the ensuite. "Someone tried to fiddle with the lock," he said. "I was leaning against the door holding it closed."