Thieves steal house brick by brick

Thieves didn't try to steal from this house, they tried to pinch the whole thing.
Dressed as workmen, they attempted to take the building, brick by brick and slate by slate.

The pair even stopped for lunch during their audacious theft and a neighbour inadvertently helped them by collecting fallen tiles.

All the roof slates were taken and one of the walls of the three-bedroom semi was wrecked before the alarm was raised.

The owner, a property developer, said the damage would cost him £10,000 to repair.

'You've got to laugh at the cheek of it,' he said.

'They were literally stealing my house. They went there with hard hats and yellow jackets and took ladders. They even stopped for a lunch break.'

Dorset Police said two 38-year-old men had been arrested in connection with the incident in Parkstone, near Poole.