Manor Garden Centre awaiting leads on double burglary
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Manor Garden Centre in Leasowe was broken into last Saturday, then again on Sunday, leaving the centre thousands of pounds down and the owner without his company truck.
The seven-and-a-half tonne Eurocargo tipper truck was stolen, along with four Stihl chainsaws, a stone cutter and a leaf blower. Although the truck was later discovered in a ditch, the extent of the damage or whether any evidence can be obtained from the find is not yet known. Not only did the centre lose products and had to pay for extensive repairs where the thieves forced their way in, the stolen tools and truck were also vital to the garden centre owner Steve Mole’s tree surgery business.
Steve said: “Garden centres are very hard to make totally secure, and as a small business we can’t afford to have someone on constant patrol.”
The steel gates of the centre were smashed open, which set off the alarm, but despite this there were no witnesses.
“There is a flyover near the centre, but other than that it’s quite quiet and there is no residential area for a way, meaning the thieves were undisturbed.
The only thing to do is to install even more, top of the range CCTV, but as a small business it’s just another additional expense
Anyone with any leads should call Merseyside Police on 101, or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
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