A Scots Uber Eats rider has been left jobless after his electric bike was stolen while he attended a funeral.
The man, who asked not to be identified, feels 'trapped' without the two-wheeler that was stolen on Tuesday from Victoria Road in Glasgow.
Shocking CCTV footage shows a callous crook stealing the victim's £2,000 Cube Reaction Electric Bike in broad daylight.
Now looking for another job, the delivery driver hopes the thief is caught and urges other Scots bikers to be vigilant.
He told the Record: "It's terrible, the first couple of days after it happened, I didn't leave the house.
"That bike was everything to me as I don't drive.
"I've had to leave my job with Uber Eats, I used the bike for shopping, everything.
"Stealing the bike was like stealing a car.
"This was while I was at a funeral too."
The biker had cycled to Victoria Road in the Govanhill area and securely locked his bicycle onto a rack outside his friend's shop at around 4pm last Wednesday.
He travelled in a friend's car to nearby Castlemilk for a funeral.
CCTV footage shows a man wearing all-black clothing approaching the bike rack.
Carrying a rucksack and wearing a face mask, the hooded crook quickly crouches down next to the bike and pulls and item out of the opened rucksack.
Within seconds the man is able to cut and unravel cable and soon walks away from the rack, looking around the area.
Three people cross the scene and as soon as the bike is out of their eyeshot, the man quickly seizes the bike, mounts is and cycles off.
The victim added: "I have friends from Uber Eats who've also had their bikes stolen, it's a real problem in Glasgow.
"For now, I'm looking for another job, maybe in a takeaway but I have been left unemployed.
"The situation is awful."
Police Scotland said the theft had not been reported to them.
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