Security film disproves suspicions that a vigilante obsessed with noise was responsible for the vandalism by showing a guy toilet paper bombing Qantas CEO Alan Joyce’s $19 million property.
The CEO and his husband, Shane Lloyd, moved into their Mosman home on Sydney’s lower north shore in May, but it was vandalized overnight on Tuesday with eggs and toilet paper.
CCTV footage acquired by Sky News showed a man in a hoodie approaching the home with rolls of white plywood and repeatedly throwing it onto Mr. Joyce’s roof.
The unnamed vandal then got back in his dark-coloured car and sped off.
On Tuesday morning, residents of the affluent neighbourhood discovered toilet paper rolls and splattered eggs attached to the top of the six-bedroom harbourside home.
Additionally, it appeared like fruit or some other object had been hurled at the garage door.
Police have not yet located the offender, but the video disproves the neighbours’ theories that a woman was responsible for the attack because there had been several instances identical to this one over the previous three months.
After the initial attack in January 2021, which left his home covered in eggs, flour, and toilet paper, one neighbour installed CCTV cameras.
A middle-aged woman disguised in a bulky jacket, a baseball cap, and a face mask was seen in the video of the second attack in May 2021.
Disgruntled passengers and former staff seeking retribution after the airline’s reputation took a hit during the COVID-19 outbreak are further suspicions.
Even though Qantas received $2 billion in government support, some 15,000 employees were let off without pay or forced to take leave in the middle of 2020, and another 2,500 were stood down in August 2021.
After Qantas cancelled numerous flights, many passengers claim they are still waiting for refunds on tickets they purchased but were unable to use.
More than half of Qantas passengers had their flights either delayed or cancelled last week, in a horrific seven days for both Qantas, putting the airline at some of its worst performance levels ever.
Joyce, 55, and his husband traded up from their inner city penthouse at The Rocks to purchase the four-story 1908 Federation property on the lower north shore.
The 15-room house features six bedrooms, numerous living areas, and outdoor living areas on two enormous decks in gorgeous gardens with a view of the bay.
The eggers chose the roof of the garage as their target, throwing numerous eggs at it before slinging lengths of white toilet paper across the tiles.
Following the attack, neighbours expressed sympathy for the Qantas CEO after learning further facts were made public online.
“This is repulsive. What a dreadful thing to do,” one person wrote, and many more concurred. Vandalism is bad in any case, one furthered.
Some people were harsher.
One read, “Qantas employee here.” Poor guy, perhaps he can get some of his contractors to clean it.
Another person commented, “I’m sure he’ll just hire some cheap labour to clean it!”
According to NSW Police, there was no record of a complaint regarding the occurrence.
As the CEO of Qantas, Joyce earns an estimated $1.9 million annually.
He and Lloyd also own a vacation home in Palm Beach, which they purchased in 2015 for $5.25 million.
In front of over 100 family members, friends, and business associates, Joyce and Lloyd were wed in a magnificent ceremony on the rooftop of The Museum of Contemporary Art at Circular Quay in 2019.