A gang of laughing thieves were caught on camera stealing a blow-up Father Christmas from outside a family's home. The balaclava-clad group ran away with the decoration - before returning and posting one of its legs through the front door.
The dad who put the inflatable up for his two-year-old daughter said the leg "had burn marks on it". He also said he thought the thieves were determined to "try and get a reaction".
The decorative Santa was taken from the front of a house in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, the Echo reports. In the footage, taken on Sunday, November 27, one of the group can be seen lifting his friend up on to his shoulders as he asks: "Can you reach it?"
