"A thief on an electric bike made away with a 8ft Christmas nutcracker soldier statue from outside an Edinburgh cocktail bar, leavings its owner devastated in the run up to the festive period. CCTV captured the person, who appears to be male and wearing a mask and hood, cycling up to the 900 decoration and placing it over his lap."
"He told BBC News: "He pushed everything aside and pulls the tables over and one falls and breaks and then he yanks the Nutcracker away. "He falls off his bike once while trying to put it on and struggles to lay it horizontally across him. "It's an 8ft statue horizontally across a little e-bike. The people on the street didn't really bat an eyelid.""
An 8ft, 13kg Christmas nutcracker soldier statue was stolen from outside a cocktail bar in Edinburgh, leaving the venue financially and emotionally affected ahead of the festive period. CCTV footage shows a masked, hooded person on an electric bike cycling up to the decoration and placing the large statue over their lap. The display had cost the venue thousands, with individual nutcrackers costing about £900 each and a £350 table broken during the incident. Police were informed after the theft at the corner of George Street and North Castle Street at 10.10pm on Monday. The stolen statue formed part of a pair; the second statue was moved indoors.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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