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Vigilantes bash their own stolen ute with baseball bats

Vigilantes in Queensland's southeast have taken the law into their own hands, bashing their own ute with baseball bats after it was stolen.

As the thief tried to get away, he inadvertently reversed through the front fence of a family home in Logan.

The ute was initially stolen from a worksite in Yeronga, with the owners deciding to try and track down the car.

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Queensland man bashes his own ute with baseball bat after it was stolen

It took them three hours, but they eventually encountered the thief on a Rochedale South street at around 9.30pm.

CCTV footage shows the owners ramming their ute, then proceeding to bash it with baseball bats as they tried to get the thief to hand it over.

"That's my car! He stole our car!" One of the men is heard saying as he is seen bashing the side doors, mirrors and windows of the ute.

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The attack on their own ute lasted three minutes, before the driver fled.

The barrage on the ute lasted about three minutes, by which point the thief was able to get away, but not before reversing through the front fence of Danielle and Craig Mason's home.

"A number of hours earlier, my son could have been reversed over playing in the front yard," Chris said.

"What's the world come to?"

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The Morris' are more upset with the vigilantes than the thief who reversed through their front fence.

The driver still hasn't been found despite a large police search, but the Mason family are more upset with the vigilantes than the thief himself.

"I was mostly angry about the vigilantes' chase, because I think that that's what created heaps more chaos and violence and damage than the guy stealing the car," Danielle said.

"Which is obviously wrong, but I just don't think we should take it into our own hands. Just leave it to the police."

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