Charity box stolen from cafe at Benfleet station

5:00pm Tuesday 13th November 2012 in Local News

Police have released this image of a man they want to identify Police have released this image of a man they want to identify

BURGLARS broke into a cafe and stole cash and a charity collection box.

British Transport Police (BTP) detectives have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to identify after the Platform Café at Benfleet station was broken into.

The man went into the station from along the tracks at around 2.25am on Friday, October 12 before forcing his way into the café on platform one and stealing a small amount of cash.

He also stole a charity box that was collecting money for the Canvey-based Indee Rose Trust, but it is not known how much cash was in it.

Det Con David Bishop is investigating.

He said: “CCTV footage shows a man who is wearing a distinctive jacket and is at the station at the time of the break in. “We are keen to talk to this man as we believe he may have information that may help our investigation.

“If you recognise the jacket, which may have been worn inside out, or know who was responsible, I’d urge you to contact police and help detectives in this investigation.”

Anyone with information should contact BTP on 0800 40 50 40 quoting reference B7/LNA of 08/11/12.

Alternatively contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Comments(9)

Eric Whim says...
5:07pm Tue 13 Nov 12

seems to be the soft target of choice for low life scum this week

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Olivia2847 says...
5:28pm Tue 13 Nov 12

The jacket must be a giveaway Holmes! I wouldn't even wear if as a gift or for a bet. This blog won't last long as Noddy is wheelding his blue pencil today with gusto!

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InTheKnowOk says...
5:45pm Tue 13 Nov 12

Jacket looks like its inside out

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largo1 says...
6:22pm Tue 13 Nov 12

hopefully this piece of criminal scum will get caught, preferably dead!

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KonArtist says...
6:32pm Tue 13 Nov 12

The cafe probably would of just kept the money anyway lol.

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al coniston says...
7:21pm Tue 13 Nov 12

KonArtist wrote:
The cafe probably would of just kept the money anyway lol.
Are you suggesting that the owners of the cafe would steal from a charity donation box ?

From a libel perspective, you may wish to retract that statement.

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Olivia2847 says...
7:44pm Tue 13 Nov 12

al coniston wrote:
KonArtist wrote:
The cafe probably would of just kept the money anyway lol.
Are you suggesting that the owners of the cafe would steal from a charity donation box ?

From a libel perspective, you may wish to retract that statement.
Exactly ....

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tepluap says...
11:50pm Tue 13 Nov 12

KonArtist,, An unfair statement, I worked in a store that had 3 collection boxes on counters all the time, collecting for different charities throughout the year. Once a month I'd count the money collected and often was the case the amount would be a few pounds and pennies short of say £20/25/30 , I would happily put in the extra to round it up, ( as would my co-workers) and I always displayed the depoisit slip.
There are more decent people in the big wide world then scum!

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Olivia2847 says...
1:15pm Wed 14 Nov 12

Talking of which where is the full story and interviews regarding the Poppy Box thefts as promised by Noddy and the Pipe and Slippers Gazette team yesterday?

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