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21.02.2022 - 22:53 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Masked thieves on a moped crashed into a car as part of a ruse to lure the driver out - before threatening him with a knife and driving off in his vehicle.
The 24-year-old victim has recounted how he got out of his Vauxhall Corsa after the scooter had been deliberately bumped into the car.
But one of the thieves pulled out a knife, threatened the driver and then drove off in the Corsa while the second thief fled on the moped.
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Police are now hunting the thieves following the incident on Dalebeck Close in Whitefield on Sunday night.
The father of the victim told the M.E.N. that his son, an office worker, had been left 'very shaken' but physically unharmed following the attack.
Neither wanted to be named.
He said: "Normally he's a happy-go-lucky lad but he's very shaken up. He's just not himself. It's had a big, big effect on him and the whole family.
"The people who did this are scumbag druggies, and that's being nice about it. They don't work. They just want to take stuff off other people. We all work hard but there's a small minority on this estate who think they can do what they want.
"It's not fair on the other people who get off their bums and work for a living."
He described how one of the thieves had claimed his son had damaged the moped and demanded money from him following a minor collision. His son had told them 'there's nowt wrong with it' before the knife was pulled on him, he said.
The Corsa, valued at about £5,500, was found abandoned close to Parrenthorn High School on Monday morning.
The vehicle has been recovered by police and was being forensically examined by
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