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A Glasgow family have been left distraught after thousands of pounds worth of valuables and a car were stolen from their home as they slept last night.

Guitars worth more than £10,000, an amplifier, laptops, tablets and wallets were snatched from their kitchen and living room in the early hours of this morning – along with the red Vauxhall Corsa parked in their driveway.

Club PR manager Alex Dobie, 23, lives at the three-bedroom Bearsden home with his parents and 19-year-old musician sister, Niamh.

He explained that all doors were locked the night before, but that they believe the thieves forced their way through a window at the back of the house, which had been left ajar.

Chillingly, a knife taken from their kitchen drawer was found at the side of the house.

Alex tells Glasgow Live: "I'd woken up in the morning and went to the kitchen to get a glass of water. It felt colder because the window was open, but I hadn't noticed anything was missing – I didn't really think to look.

"I got a call from my mum later that morning telling me we had been burgled. Needless to say, everyone is absolutely devastated, but we're lucky that no one was hurt."

The two Macbooks and three iPads stolen contained Alex's parents' work and Niamh's catalogue of recorded songs mean they will be set back "by several weeks" in their jobs.

Alex's dad Morph, a college music lecturer, has been left heartbroken over the loss of his beloved Schecter California custom strat guitar, which he received as a birthday gift decades ago.

Alex added: "He does a lot of session work using that equipment, getting in gigs where he can alongside work. He's so passionate about music and spends most of his spare time jamming.

"The Schechter is older than me – he's owned it for 25 years and he would never part with it. At least the laptops and ipads can be replaced. That was invaluable."

A spokeswoman from Police Scotland confirmed officers are carrying out inquiries into a theft.

She said: "We received a report of a theft at the property earlier today, inquiries are at an early stage."

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Police Scotland on 101.