THIS is the moment a bumbling thief struggles to stuff a pack of toilet rolls into his jacket before crashing into a gate on his motorbike.
The young man was filmed on Friday afternoon during the bizarre theft outside a block of flats in Finsbury Park, North London.
SuppliedThe bungling thief tried for some time to stuff the rolls down his jacket[/caption]
SuppliedHe then crashed into a parking gate during his getaway[/caption]
SuppliedThe witness described him rummaging through the whole box[/caption]
A witness, who captured the video around 1pm while working from home, told The Sun: “It was broad daylight, you could see his face as clear as day – he clearly does not care about being caught in any way.”
She added: “It’s absolutely hilarious, he took his time as well. He was there for about 15 minutes.
“I even shouted at him and this guy didn’t care. It was funny watching him trying to shove the bog roll in his jacket.”
She went on to say she could hear a “constant” motorbike sound before looking out of her bedroom window during the incident.
“The guy had hopped off his bike and was rummaging around the bushes where there had been an Amazon parcel left for our neighbour.
It’s absolutely hilarious, he took his time as well. He was there for about 15 minutes. I even shouted at him and this guy didn’t care. It was funny watching him trying to shove the bog roll in his jacket.
Witness
“He ripped it open, and the contents were just household items.”
The witness – who did not wish to be named – said the package contained kitchen spray, a lightbulb and the large pack of toilet rolls.
“He took absolutely everything and shoved it in the little bags on his bike.
“The loo roll wouldn’t fit so he shoved it in his jacket. During this time I called the police, who asked for a full description.
“I told them I have a video of him with his reg, full description of his clothes, what he looked like – you can see his face clear as day.
“He’s a very, very young guy, on a very nice bike as well. He clearly knows what he’s doing.”
She said officers in two police cars arrived within a few minutes “by which time he’d disappeared”.
She added that officers believed from running a search on his bike plates that they’d been cloned.
“Credit where credit’s due, the police turned up quickly,” she continued. “But then you’ve got the frustrating thing of they can’t do anything.”
She said the officers told her it was unlikely he could be caught and are waiting to be asked to send over the footage to the force.
“We’ve got the reg plate, the bike, clear as day picture of the guy, you couldn’t get a better description of him,” she said.
“He ripped through the whole box and took everything he could. We get parcels delivered there all the time, it’s a very busy housing estate where people are coming in and out.
“For us we’ll never be able to get anything delivered to our flat because the chances of it being stolen are pretty high.”
Credit where credit’s due, the police turned up quickly. But then you’ve got the frustrating thing of they can’t do anything.
Witness
The video also sees the thief drive head on into a gate across the road at a neighbouring block.
The witness said he’d done the same to the gate at their flat complex and believes he was probably trying to gain access to where residents park their cars.
She explained: “The two buildings are identical opposite each other. When I went to check on the situation, he’d crashed into our open but private parking lodge, and he’d crashed that open… and he did the same to the other one.
“What he’s done, I’m not sure, you can get access fairly easily through the back of our building into the block of flats.
“Either antisocial behaviour or trying to break in to access the cars or the back of the flats. There is no way out from that way.”
The witness said she has since spoken to the residents who had ordered the package, and they’d said they had been busy working and not had chance to collect the parcel.
But were worried as they’d also ordered some more expensive items.
Rise in anti-social behaviour
“The whole estate now is calling for CCTV, because it clearly looks like he knew what he was doing, he knew the estate,” she continued.
“You couldn’t mistake it for an exit point because you’re on a road.”
She said there’s been a general rise in anti-social behaviour in the area, with a stabbing on a neighbouring road also being reported earlier this month.
Her flatmate also had her phone swiped from her pocket and two weeks later had traced it to China.
Referring to the possibility of CCTV being installed, she added tenants will have to increased maintenance and rent.
“It’s coming at a cost to residents. The residents are being punished in more ways than one.”
The Sun has contacted the Met Police for comment.
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SuppliedHe stuffed the rolls down his jacket before driving away[/caption]
SuppliedThe package contained household essentials and a lightbulb[/caption] Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]
