POLICE are urging people to be wary of car thieves after a brand new laptop worth around £1,000 was stolen from a car in broad daylight in Farnham Park last Sunday.

Between 12.30pm and 1.15pm the window of a red Volkswagen Polo parked in the small car park next to the ranger;s house was broken into and a number of belongings inside the car stolen.

These included a rucksack containing a new Apple MacBook laptop bought with a college students’ Saturday job earnings, as well as purses and a grey ring-pull bag bought for the student’s mother’s 50th birthday.

The victim of the theft posted on Facebook: “Gutted and sickened. How can they do this? Selfish, cowardly people who think that our hard earned cash is theirs for the taking and think nothing of the upset they cause.”

Police urge anybody who was in the area around the time of the incident and witnessed anybody acting suspiciously or anybody with information to call 101 quoting 45160107243.