A brazen thief WAVES at CCTV cameras as he steals a pot plant from outside a family-run business. <br /><br />Footage shows the yob strolling across the street and picking up the floral display, which he smells, before casually carrying it away.<br /><br />Moments earlier, the tracksuit wearing thief cheekily waved at security cameras outside the Food to Go shop in Evesham, Worcs.<br /><br />Owners David and Caroline Davis were shocked when they checked their CCTV cameras after noticing one of their plant pots was missing on August 14.<br /><br />David, 52, said: “We’ve run this business for four years and never had any issues with thefts until now.<br /><br />“We noticed one of our plants was missing and when we checked the security cameras were shocked.<br /><br />“He’s walked in, waved at the camera, picked it up and sniffed then walked off with it. <br /><br />“They’re begonias. We don’t sell them, they’re for decoration on our little terrace. <br /><br />“We're a food business, they’re there to brighten the place up. <br /><br />“It's part of our decoration, there’s a whole row of them that separate us from another different carpark. <br /><br />“They're only about £30. It's not the value, it’s the fact that we’ve grown them. It's the waving at the CCTV that gets me. <br /><br />“It's the only time it’s ever happened. We've never been broken into or robbed from.” <br /><br />Caroline, 44, followed a trail of petals but it ended abruptly across the street, leading the couple to think the thief escaped in a car. <br /><br />Dad-of-five David added: “Nobody has come forward and the police are keeping quiet about it. <br /><br />“I went on Facebook myself and asked who the individual is. Someone is sat there with a nice pot plant in their front garden. <br /><br />“Me and Caroline both think there was a vehicle parked around the corner. You wouldn’t want to carry it because it’s quite heavy. <br /><br />“There were some petals on the floor that we followed and then it suddenly stopped. <br /><br />“The way he was looking, I wonder if there was someone egging him on. <br /><br />“They do look lovely. I've had to spread the others out to make sure there’s no gap.”
