Appeal for help after minibus stolen from school

Wombourne High School has put out the appeal on Facebook after the burglary, which took place on Saturday evening.

The white Transit is believed to have been taken from the school at around 8.30pm, with the school having been broken into earlier on at around 6.30pm.

CCTV footage sent by the school to Staffordshire Police shows three men driving away with the minibus, which has a licence plate number of DL10 XMT.

A message posted on the Wombourne Online Facebook page asked for help with finding the people responsible.

It read: "Witness/cctv appeal - MINIBUS STOLEN FROM Ounsdale/Wombourne High.

"Saturday at 18:30hrs, suspects have broken in to our school. They then came back at 20:30hrs and drove our school minibus away. Three males were seen on cctv which will be handed to police.

"The minibus is a White Transit DL10 XMT.

"If you have any information please contact Staffordshire Police on 101 quoting Crime number is 21230017989."

A spokesman for Staffordshire Police said: "We are appealing for information after a minibus was stolen from a premises in Wombourne.

"We received reports that a minibus was stolen from a premises near Pool House Road between 7pm on Friday (3 February) and 4.30pm on Sunday (5 February).

"The stolen minibus was a Ford Transit, worth £4,000, and was last seen at 9pm on Saturday (4 February) on Bridgnorth Road, Himley, heading in the direction of Bridgnorth.

"The minibus was reported stolen on Sunday (5 February).

"We are currently reviewing CCTV of the area at the time of the theft.

"If you were in the area at the time of the theft and have any information that could help us with our inquiries, contact us through Live Chat on our website, or call 101, quoting incident number 556 of 5 February.

"Alternatively, contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111."