Hi-tech CCTV installed in a London home appears to have captured a burglar in the act stealing a laptop.
The motion sensitive camera was automatically switched on and sent a message to the victim’s phone after a man broke into the home in Blackheath, Greenwich, through a rear patio door at around 6.30pm on January 5.
It shows a man, wearing a distinctive hoodie with the word “Duffer” emblazoned on the chest, stalking around the living room.
The short clip captures the moment the man takes a laptop before fleeing ahead the police’s arrival at the property in Mayday Gardens. The owner had called 999 after receiving the alert on their phone.
On Tuesday the Metropolitan Police launched an appeal to trace the man pictured, who officers described as black, with short dark hair and a thin beard. He was also wearing gloves.
Contact police 020 8284 7700 or via 101, quoting reference number 201224, or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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