Staff at a Bromley bike store were gobsmacked after filming a thief stash nearly £600 of goods in his coat and walk out.

On Thursday March 12 staff at cycling shop Giant Store Bromley, in Widmore Road, thought something was amiss after witnessing a man acting suspiciously.

With just one staff member working, after serving a number of customers he noticed some key pieces of stock were missing.

Manager Cedric Crooks checked their CCTV the next day, and was shocked to witness a man in plain view of the cameras casually stuffing his overcoat with £574.92 worth of stock.

Mr Crooks said: "This guy obviously saw one person here and took advantage of the situation.

"I came in to check it out and we saw on the video all the stuff being taken.

"You don't want to know what I thought when I saw the footage.

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Cedric Crooks and Rob Bryans

"This guy is having a laugh. He was going backwards and forwards, blatantly looking over to see where Rob is and each time he's turned his back something else disappeared inside his coat.

"This coat must have been designed with this in mind. He takes some bulky items which would not fit in a normal coat; it must have pockets on the inside.

"You can't conceal this amount in an average coat. It’s been adapted."

He added just before walking out the thief nonchalantly pops two bike locks under his arm.

Mr Crooks continued: "They're worth a hundred pounds each.

"It’s a lot of money."

Some items on his shopping list include two NEOS PRO+ Digital Comp worth £119.99 each, and a Neos ANT+ Digital Computer worth £44.99.

Mr Crooks added: "We're not going to close, not that the business can afford to keep losing that amount of stock day after day.

"I would like to think we could recover the stock but in reality I don't think it will happen.

"When I watched the video he appears to look confident, in total he was here about 10 minutes or so.

"I hope they catch him."

MORE TOP STORIES A spokesman for the Met Police said: "Police in Bromley are trying to trace a man in relation to the theft of items from the Giant Bicycle shop, Widmore Road, Bromley on Thursday, 12 March.

"CCTV taken from the shop shows a white male wearing a long grey coat and blue jeans enter the shop look around, selecting items from two separate parts of the store and conceal them in his long jacket before exiting."

Anyone with information should contact police in Bromley on 101 quoting CRIS 3304852/15 or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111