Children's nursery broken into twice in 10 days in Milton Keynes

A heartless burglar broke into a children's nursery twice in ten days to steal cash raised to but new toys equipment for the youngsters.

But luckily the building has excellent CCTV and captured good quality images each time.

Now police, together with Ducklings Preschool, are appealing for anybody who recognises the man in the image.

The break-in happened at the pre-school's base at Springfield Community Centre on Tuesday February 18 at around 3am.

The offender spent a prolonged period of time trying to smash through the window. He managed to get in, then ransacked the office before making off with fundraising money saved for children's resources and enrichment activities.

The community rallied round to help the nursery and the damage was repaired to allow it to operate as normal.

Sadly, on Thursday February 27 at 2020 at 5.20am the same male offender returned again.

He smashed his way into the building again and cause significant damage to filing units, which now need replacing.

A nursery spokesman said: "On this incident the offender was seen leaving the scene by a member of of the public. He walked down Kenwood gate, then down Turnmill avenue towards Clerkenwell place but disappeared."

Investigating officer PC Rob Childs said today: “We are appealing for anybody who recognises the man in the CCTV image to contact police, quoting reference 43200056905.

“We believe that the man in the image may have vital information about these incidents. Please call 101, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.”

Ducklings Preschool is a privately-run nursery with an outstanding Ofsted.