Watch: Thief steals parcels from Royal Mail van in Coventry

[Janet Brum]

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He grabs handfuls and throws them through his car window

Shocking video footage has emerged of a thief stealing parcels from a Royal Mail van in Coventry.

The man grabs handfuls of parcels from the vehicle and throws them into the silver car he pulled up in through the passenger window.

The van was parked on Sewall Highway in Wyken when it was broken into on Saturday, November 7.

A shocked witness sent the video, filmed around 1.15pm, to CoventryLive.

They said they only captured one of the trips the thief had made to the van on camera.

Police are appealing for anyone with information to get in touch.




A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: "We are investigating after a postman's delivery van was broken into and parcels stolen in Sewall Highway, Coventry at about 1.15pm on Saturday (7 November).

"Anyone with information can contact is via Live Chat at our website or by calling 101. Please quote log 1889 of 7 November."

[NWpostie]

The driver will unfortunately be in deep do do for failing to observe security of mail, ensuring windows closed and doors locked keeping parcels out of sight.

Reputational damage will be the fall out from this and somebody is not getting their parcels they paid for

Hope he will only get a warning or a serious, he would need a good rep to avoid losing his job.