Presents stolen

THIEVES have stolen Christmas presents from a house in Woodley.

Overnight on Friday, December 15, callous thieves broke into a property in Austin Road and made off with a number of gifts from under the tree while the victim, a 44-year-old woman, slept upstairs.

When she awoke at 6am the following morning the victim, who suffers from a lifelimiting illness, found the front door open and her family’s Christmas presents missing, along with a laptop and a SatNav.

Police have managed to recover a number of the presents which had been dumped in Vauxhall Park, in Vauxhall Road, but they are damaged and need to be replaced. The remaining presents are still missing, including a food grill, power bank phone charger, cash, scratch cards and chocolate.

The HP laptop has a silver lid and a black base, and also had a USB memory stick plugged into the side, which contained precious family photos of the victim and her children, which have great sentimental value to the victim.

Investigating officer, PC Erika King from the Bracknell and Wokingham Investigation Hub, said: “This burglary has had a huge emotional impact on the victim and her family due to the personal circumstances.

“I would particularly like to hear from anyone who may have seen or heard anything unusual in this area around the time of the incident.”

If you have any information call 101 quoting reference ‘43170371613’.