Robbery from car park

A recent robbery in the Church car park gave a car's owner a delayed and unpleasant surprise.

It happened during a meeting in the Parish Centre. After returning to her car the owner was surprised that the 'blip' remote didn't operate. But the door opened OK.

On the way home a dashboard information light registered the rear hatch door to be open. But it wasn't until the next morning that the owner realised the car had been subjected to a theft. Of the spare wheel.

Only the spare wheel. A set of golf clubs in the boot were still there. But they'd been moved in order to get to the wheel under the boot floor.

Closer inspection revealed that a hole had been drilled near the lock to open the door.

It was clearly a deliberate, targeted robbery, and not just somebody suddenly stuck for a spare wheel. But stolen wheels and tyres are very easily disposed of for cash.

Be warned.

Brian Byrne.