Watch: Thieves snatch three motorbikes from festive garage display near Wolverhampton
Thieves have snatched three motorbikes from a festive garage display near Wolverhampton causing thousands of pounds damage.
The owners of MG Accident Repair Centre have released security camera footage of the raiders smashing the plate glass windows at the front of the premises in Enterprise Drive in Four Ashes near Wolverhampton.
And have since offered a £1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible after two adult size red Honda motocross bikes were taken,along with a child's electric motocross bike.
The footage shows the glass being smashed and the Grinch themed display riders being unceremoniously pulled off the seats and dumped on the floor before the the bikes were carried outside one at a time.
The family revealed that the missing red scrambler bikes were only recently fully restored and were their pride and joy. They will now reconsider its festive window displays in future after what happened on January 3.
The break-in happened at about 7.50pm when a white-coloured Renault van with no licence plates fitted pulled up outside.
Grace Hughes, whose family founded the business in 2008, said: "We just can't believe that someone could do something like this. We've being dressing up the window for Christmas for about six years now.
"We do displays for halloween and Christmas for the community and passing motorists to enjoy. Lots of people usually tell us how much they love the displays and this has ruined the fun for everyone.
"It's horrible for us to be targeted, but we feel for the people who were enjoying it in the area.
"Several cars drove by when the culprits were here stealing the bikes and we hope that someone may have seen them, There's been around a 1,000 shares on Facebook so we're hoping people may recognise them from the footage.
"The police came straightaway."
"The bikes are our pride and joy in the family. We ride them for fun in our spare time.
"My dad finished restoring them down to the nuts an bolts in the summer. We tend to use them in the displays in the winter months.
"The cost of the replacing the reinforced glass and the bikes would be about £10,000. My dad is putting up a £1,000 reward or information leading to the arrest and conviction of those involved."
The footage has been handed to South Staffordshire Police and anyone with information should phone the officers on 101.
