A 72-year-old man has been left heartbroken after his dog was stolen in Mount Waverley yesterday.
Police have been told the man was walking his dog Morticia along Huntingdale Road about 2.30am when a group of youths inside a black Holden Commodore pulled over and demanded his dog.
The victim was chased by one of the youths to a nearby convenience store on Waverley Road, Chadstone, where an altercation occurred, and the offenders stole the dog.
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The man was not injured.
The offenders fled the scene in the black Commodore with no plates and were last seen driving south on Huntingdale Road.
Morticia the dog is a white English Staffordshire terrier cross and is five years old.
Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000 or www.crimestoppersvic.com.au.
