A brazen thief called up an irate builder and offered to sell him the tools he’d stolen from his van only a day earlier.
Mark Berwick, 57, was left fuming after someone broke into his van at 12.10am on Thursday and stole all of his work tools.
But he was beside himself with anger when he received a phone call the next day from an Irishman who said he’d give him back the tools for £450.
Mr Berwick, of Chelmsford, Essex, said: “I was absolutely fuming. I said you have got a bloody cheek, stealing my tools, putting me out of business and then offering to sell them back.”
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