A THIEF stole more than £100 after his child alerted him to a shopper dropping their wallet.

Cheshire Police were alerted after £125 in cash was stolen from the wallet in the Spar shop on Lovely Lane in Whitecross on the morning of Friday, January 3.

The incident was captured on CCTV, which shows the offender being alerted to another customer mistakenly dropping their wallet by their own child.

But instead of returning the wallet to its rightful owner, he removed the contents before placing the purse onto a shelf in the shop – which is based inside the Texaco petrol station.

Officers’ enquiries into the incident are ongoing.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the force on 101, quoting incident number IML604240, or to call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.