Caught on camera: Dopey crook steals sat-nav from police car ... three times
A stupid thief was filmed on CCTV stealing a sat-nav from a police car THREE times in four months.
Just six weeks after being released from prison for stealing a GPS from another unmarked police car, 21-year-old James Milsom was at it again.
This was the third time the bungling thief had broken into a 'honeypot' police car fitted with a tiny camera which caught him in the act.
Avon and Somerset Police say they regularly use unmarked parked cars around the city to catch criminals, leaving items including satellite navigation systems, handbags, car stereos and mobile phones on show.
On the video (watch after the link) Milsom can be seen smashing the window and grabbing the sat-nav - all in six seconds.
Superintendent Ian Wylie, Bristol District said: "Car criminals are talking about these cars – they know they are out there and that any car could be the covert car which would lead to an almost certain arrest.
"The photographs don't just lead us to the person breaking into the car either. Further police work has also led us on many occasions to the handlers of the stolen property and people the car criminal is working with.
"The covert car has been a magnificent asset to the teams working to reduce car crime happening and those arresting car criminals.
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