Driving instructors warned of thefts from cars
Driving instructors in Northampton have been warned to keep their belongings close to them in the car after two jackets were stolen from the back seat of vehicles in the space of two weeks.
Both incidents occurred in Kings Heath, one on March 27 and one on Monday, after youths broke into the back of the car while the instructor was carrying out a lesson with a learner in a car park in Nene Way.
A police spokesman said the two thefts were similar but were not currently being linked.
Bernadette Carter, a driving instructor for Megadrive, based in Northampton, said a notice had been put up at the Driving Test Centre in the town warning instructors of the thefts.
She said: "We have seen that it has happened to one or two driving instructors now and we have told all our instructors to keep their bags down by their feet.
"It is a shame. I have had people try to open the doors of the car when I am in a lesson and we try not to go to certain places at certain times, especially at night."
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