Thief uses bolt cutters to steal £1,200 bike in broad daylight

Thief uses bolt cutters to steal £1,200 bike in broad daylight

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A thief described as a “blight on the community” by police used bolt cutters to steal a £1,200 bike within just twelve seconds in broad daylight.

Footage shows Dean Haggerty, 48, of Twyford Gardens in Salvington, looking around before he cuts away the bike’s lock outside a leisure centre in Worthing, Sussex.

Haggerty has been jailed for stealing a £325 bike on 16 June, a bike worth £500 on 7 July, two bikes worth an unknown value, one on 24 May and 22 June, and a bike worth £1,200 on 22 June.

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