Thieves steal Westbury boy’s bike (From This Is Wiltshire)

Thieves steal Westbury boy’s bike

7:00pm Friday 18th November 2011 in News

A WESTBURY mum is appealing for help to find her son’s BMX bike and scooter, which were stolen from their house in The Spur on Saturday.

Juliet Hunt, 47, said her 10-year-old son, Elliott, had received the new kit for his birthday in September, and was devastated by the loss.

The bike, a blue X-Rated Hustle, and the scooter, a customised black JD Bug with red grips and a skull sticker, are among several items stolen from sheds and garages around the town last week.

“He only got them less than three months ago so he is not having much luck at the moment, he even had a picture of the scooter on his birthday cake,” she said.

“Unfortunately he didn’t secure the garage door properly when he came in and someone must have come in and taken them. The next day we were setting off for his football match in Staverton and saw it was gone, he was absolutely devastated about it, he rode that scooter to school every day.

“I remember recently a stolen bike was spotted in Trowbridge and the thief was arrested so it is worth asking people to keep their eyes open.

“I’m working, but I’m a single mum and I can’t afford to replace them, and the insurance excess costs almost as much as the bike. Oddly the thief didn’t take anything else, which makes me think that they must have known he had those things there.”

Warminster and Westbury inspector Lindsey Winter said: “Please make sure sheds, garages and outbuildings are kept secure. There are shed alarms that can be purchased and they do offer a deterrent.

“The suspects are seemingly removing locks and forcing entry to sheds, determined to take what they can.”

Anyone who thinks they have seen the bike, who knows who might have stolen it or where it might be being sold, should call police on 101.

A distraught Elliot Hunt of Westbury, who had his birthday present bike and scooter stolen from the garage of his Westbury Leigh home, with mum Juliet Hunt and, inset, Elliott pictured on his BMX bike