Appeal after suitcase stolen from train

Police have issued an image of a man who tried to use a stolen bank card in Torquay, which was taken in a suitcase theft on a Liskeard-bound train.

Officers from British Transport Police (BTP) hope someone will recognise the man – caught on camera outside the Halifax bank on Union Street making several attempts to enter the pin number– and come forward with his name.

A laptop was among other items inside the suitcase, which was stolen on the 4.25pm First Great Western train from Exeter on 19 July.

Sergeant Michael Phillips from BTP said: “The victim, a woman in her 60s from the Penzance area, realised the bag was missing when she got to Plymouth and reported it stolen at 7.15pm.

“Around an hour later, the man in these images was seen trying to use her bank card in Torquay.

“Thankfully, no money was stolen but we’d like to ask him how he came by the card and talk to him about the theft of the suitcase. I’d urge anyone who knows who he is to contact us.”

Anyone with information is asked to call British Transport Police on 0800 40 50 40, or text 61016, quoting reference G/B3 23/09/15

Information can also be passed anonymously to independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.