'Brazen' thief steals locked bike in Peterborough city centre

CCTV has captured a man stealing a locked bike in a busy city centre in less than minute.

The footage was posted on social media by Cambridgeshire Police under the title "brazen bike thief" and showed Robert McColl removing a wheel to free the bicycle at Rivergate, Peterborough on 28 June 2023.

The 31-year-old, of Alwalton, Cambridgeshire, also stole Pokémon cards worth £125 from a supermarket in Oxney Road on 23 January.

He admitted two counts of theft at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on 4 March and was handed a seven-month suspended prison sentence.