by Chris Malone
A gang of thieves who targeted a Sedgemoore caravan park may have been caught on camera casing out another holiday site in Somerset’s Bawdrip.
According to the Somerset Mercury, CCTV footage from Old Down Touring Park shows a masked man peering through a shop window at the site.
The man apparently matched the description given by security staff at Fairways International Touring Park, which was robbed in the early hours of September 13th.
Fairways owner Clive Walker told the newspaper that he is convinced that the footage is of the same gang.
The parks are situated about an hour’s drive from one another and the video was taken approximately 60 minutes after the initial crime took place.
A police spokesman confirmed that it is “one line of enquiry”, but refused to confirm that the two incidents were directly related.
Both Mr Walker and the owner of Old Downs, who does not wish to be named, have put up rewards of £1,000 for information leading to the arrest of the criminals.
In other news, the firm that owns Butlins and Haven Holidays caravan parks has paid out millions of pounds in dividends to its shareholders.
