A couple who had their motorhome stolen from a town near Nottinghamshire have been reunited with it and their pet cat which was trapped inside. The Fiat Swift, which the pair live in, was reported stolen from a house in Lilac Grove, South Normanton in Derbyshire, just after 7.30pm on Sunday (February 19).
Armed police officers from Derbyshire and South Yorkshire subsequently managed to track down the vehicle in Sheffield. The thieves had already changed the motorhome's number plates, but they had failed to spot the family cat hiding in the living area.
Sergeant Nick Allgood, who was part of the armed response unit called to help locate the van and the cat, said: "The owners of the motorhome live in the vehicle so, for them, it was the theft of their house rather than another motorhome. The thieves managed to change the number plates on the vehicle but failed to look into the living area inside hence why they didn't spot the cat.
