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This is the moment brazen scooter-riding thieves attempted to steal a motorbike from a property in London on Sunday as the terrified residents looked on.

A video of the incident shows the would-be thieves approach the property in Carshalton armed with a hammer and an angle grinder.

Two other scooter riders wait with engines running in the middle of the road to make a speedy getaway.

The petrified residents lean from the window screaming at the approaching pair to go away and informing them that they are calling the police.

Completely unfazed, the helmeted thieves get to work with the angle grinder trying to saw off the lock on the Yamaha MT-07.

Only when they realise the motorbike has two locks on it do the thieves walk away.

Then, in an act of pure vandalism and frustration, one of the thieves takes the hammer and smashes two windows on the car parked in the driveway.

The pair then hop onto the back of the two waiting scooters and are driven away by their accomplices.

"This is the third attempt at trying to steal my motorcycle. These guys are so brazen," the filmer said.

"They tried to steal it for the first time on Monday 26th at 4pm. Then Friday at midnight. Then yesterday. I had seen them on all 3 occasions," he added.

"When they couldn't steal it they broke the window of the car belonging to the father of my partner," he said.

This is the third attempt at trying to steal my motorcycle - a YAMAHA MT-07. These guys are so brazen. They tried to steal it for the first time on Monday at 4pm. Then Friday at midnight in to Saturday.
Then yesterday.
I had seen them on all 3 occasions.
The first time they saw the bike it only had one lock on it. So they thought that's all I was carrying.
The only reason the cover wasn't on the bike was because I was going back out to pick someone up.
When they couldn't steal it they broke the window of the car belonging to the father of my partner