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BBC News
28-05-2025
- General
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'I spent my life savings on my camper van - now it's been stolen'
A woman has been left distraught after her camper van, which she said she had spent her life savings on was stolen from near her Griffiths said the theft was spotted when a friend contacted her to say the van was not parked in its usual place in the car park of The Top House on Bardney Drive in said the van contained a number of sentimental items, adding it has left her "feeling like I want to cry all the time".Nottinghamshire Police said it was appealing for any witnesses who were in the area between 19:00 BST on 18 May and 07:00 on 19 May. 'Understandably distraught' Ms Griffiths said she had to park the van at the pub because other vehicles were blocking space at the back of her bought the vehicle in October - one month after she had taken partial retirement - she said the impact of the theft had been significant."Instead of paying my mortgage off I bought the camper van - I was going to use it so me and my dog could go everywhere," she said."We were going everywhere, and now we can't, it's just depressed me really."I worked all my life for that money."PC Andy Smith, from Nottinghamshire Police, said the force was "following a number of lines of inquiry"."It is believed that shortly before the crime was committed, a group of young people on push bikes were seen in and around the pub area and we would like to identify them," he said."The victim has spent a considerable amount of money buying the van and renovating the interior and is understandably distraught by what has happened."
BBC News
12-05-2025
- BBC News
Thief steals money hidden in grandfather clock in Warboys
A man who broke into an 80-year-old's home and stole thousands of pounds hidden in a grandfather clock has been Smith, 23, went to the house in Warboys on 16 March 2023 and offered to paint the victim's front door and windowsill for £400, Cambridgeshire Police seen his victim take money out of the grandfather clock to pay him, Smith returned at about 23:00 GMT using a sledgehammer to break the back door and steal £16,000 from the has been jailed for four years and nine months at Cambridge Crown Court. The defendant, of Common Road in Potton, Bedfordshire, was found guilty of burglary and tipped the victim out of bed, which left him needing hospital treatment for minor injuries, the force said. 'Despicable' burglary Police said officers found Smith's DNA on the sledgehammer which had been left at the scene and he was arrested on 30 March an impact statement, the victim said he struggled to get to sleep at night and was "scared" someone would come Andy Smith said: "This was a despicable burglary and fraud where Smith took advantage of a vulnerable elderly man. "Sadly, the case also demonstrates the lasting psychological impact burglary can have on victims and shows why it remains a force priority."We will continue to do all we can to get those who target vulnerable people before the courts." Follow Cambridgeshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
