The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Beautician’ s fury after thief sneaks off with cash box
AMontrose beautician has said she feels “violated” after a thief snuck into her salon and made off with a box of cash holding £150.
The incident took place on Friday afternoon, when a man crept into the premises and stole a cash box while staff were dealing with customers.
Salon owner Arlene Goodwin said: “It was about 2pm and my colleague was working in the treatment room on her own.
“She heard somebody come in and they went into the kitchen and put the light on. She just assumed that it was one of the staff because no customer would go in there.”
After finishing with the customer she had been working on, the employee discovered that all the notes in her cash box had been taken. She phoned Arlene and after taking another look they found that the owner’s cash box had been stolen too.
Following the discovery, Arlene contacted the police.
She was told that officers would be in touch.
However, after hearing nothing that day she decided to take matters into her own hands.
CCTV cameras at a nearby business had captured footage of a man leaving Perfect Harmony with the cash box and the next day Arlene posted screenshots of the video to Facebook in an effort to find the thief.
She said: “There’s bound to be somebody out there that knows him.
“Everybody’s been absolutely brilliant, I’ve had people messaging me, stopping me in the street.”
While she appreciates the community support, Arlene is outraged by the theft. She added: “I’m feeling very angry, very angry about it and violated that someone would come into my property and take something that belongs to me and colleagues.
“It’s not a massive amount of money, but everybody’s struggling at the moment.”
A spokesperson for Police Scotland added: “We can confirm that a report has been received regarding a theft from a premises on George Street, Montrose, which took place on the afternoon of Friday May 27 2022. Inquiries are at an early stage.”