Police break into hot car to rescue boy as 'dad was at pub'

A father-of-two is behind bars after he allegedly left his young son in a sweltering car and another home alone while he drank at a pub in Sydney’s south-west.

Police were called to the Hume Highway in Yagoona about 3.40pm yesterday after members of the public reported seeing the three-year-old in distress.

Officers were forced to break into the 41-year-old man’s car to rescue the boy, who needed to be treated for mild dehydration.

The boy’s father was found at the nearby Hume Hotel and arrested. He was also allegedly attacked by another pub patron after it became apparent his son had been left in the car.

When the boy’s mother arrived to pick up her son, it was discovered the man had also left his two-year-old son alone at his Yagoona home.

The man was arrested and taken to Bankstown Police Station where he was charged with leaving a child in a motor vehicle causing distress, neglecting a child in his care and resisting arrest.

Barber Issa Khadem heard the child in distress from inside his shop.

"As soon as we saw him, we were like, oh my god, do we break the window, are we allowed to do that? So we just rang the police straight away," Mr Khadem told 9NEWS.

NSW had a host of temperature records broken yesterday, with Sydney’s top of 32.2 degrees more than 12 degrees above the September average.

The boys’ father appeared in Parramatta Local Court today.

He was denied bail ahead of his next court appearance in Bankstown Court on Tuesday.

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