The final — and perhaps most important — part of any meticulously planned theft is the successful getaway with the loot.
There was no such luck for one hapless car thief in Bournemouth earlier this month after it emerged he was locked inside a BMW when the car’s owner saw the crime taking place from his bedroom window and used a remote key to trap him.
Scott Hunt, 45, was busy stealing from the car parked in a residential street when he was rumbled by the owner in the early hours of the morning.
Hunt, who had lost £300 on gambling machines the day before, could do nothing but wait for officers to arrive and arrest him on March 5.
Police searched him and found