A man whose bike was stolen outside Scotland Yard and in view of the Houses of Parliament has slammed police for their lack of effort in trying to find it.
Anti-crime campaigner Dr Lawrence Newport left his bike on a street in Westminster, outside the UK police headquarters with a GPS tracker.
Dr Newport reported his bike was stolen to 101 and gave the police its location using the tracker.
In the video he asks: ‘Is theft legal in Britain?
‘We had our bike stolen right under the shadow of Scotland Yard and police did nothing about it.’
Dr Newport points out three CCTV cameras in close proximity to where the bike was nicked.
He said he called police, told them where the bike was and the next day he was told ‘without further evidence, they were closing the case’.
‘They hadn’t checked the CCTV, they had done nothing,’ he added.
Anti-crime campaigner Dr Lawrence Newport posted a video to social media about the theft of his bike
He claimed he told police exactly where the…
