Wreath thief! Moment woman brazenly steals Christmas decoration from therapist’s door
- Kruti St Helen, 41, caught the thief on December 6 with her doorbell camera
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A real-life Grinch has been caught brazenly stealing a Christmas wreath from a therapist's front door.
Footage released by Kruti St Helen shows the thief approaching the property at 7.30pm on December 6 and taking the wreath from the door.
It comes just three days before a wreath and illuminated reindeer garden ornament were stolen from another address in Poole, Dorset.
The video shows a woman approaching Mrs. St. Helen's property and pulling on the wreath.
She turns to someone standing on the road and says, “he's stuck.” She then pulls harder and removes the wreath before quickly walking away.
Mrs St Helen, a 41-year-old therapist, said: 'I think my camera probably warned me that someone was at the door, but we're on a main road so it sometimes just picks up people passing by.
'I was upstairs at the time, so I wasn't paying attention.
“When I saw the wreath was gone, at first I thought it was a drunk thing, but I don't think she was drunk.
'I think someone is collecting decorations for themselves, especially after another lady had an expensive reindeer and wreath stolen.
'We've had the wreath for a few years now, it's made of plastic and I can't remember what it cost. We take it out every year, we put it on the door on December 2nd.
'I am a therapist, work from home and have vulnerable clients, so the idea of someone entering my premises is not fun.
“This person is not thinking about the impact this could have on someone's safety.”