Mick Wild sees his pick-up truck stolen

Mick Wild saw his Toyota Dyna pick-up truck drive off before his very eyes as it was stolen from right under his nose from Butterworth Hall.

Mick, who works in the roof-tiling industry, had been left several tiles short of a job and returned to the yard on the afternoon of Thursday 3 November. He was unable to drive into the yard due to two cars, belonging to the nearby decorating firm, blocking the entrance.

He asked for the cars to be moved, but they were unable to move both.

Mick had left the cab of the truck open as he was carrying heavy items 15 yards from the yard to the truck. He was carrying six tiles to put in when he watched it drive off in front of him.

At first he thought it was the secretary of the neighbouring decorators, but soon realised it wasn’t.

Neither Mick or the secretary had seen any passers-by in the area.

Mick said: “I didn’t think to shut the cab as I was so close to it- and I didn’t see anyone, so I thought it might have been the secretary. All my roofing tools were in there, around £2,000 pounds worth, saws, ladders, hammers, knives, all things for cutting slate.

“I’ve had to get new locks put on my house as my house keys were in there, my wallet was in there with a couple of hundred pounds in cash, all my cards and there were some trainers too.

“The truck has a relatively low mileage on it; I’ve had it since it was brand new eight years ago.”

The cab of the pick-up truck is blue, with the registration plate YG57 KLX and had approximately 35,000 miles on the clock.

The truck headed off down Charles Lane towards Newhey Road/Dale Street.

Greater Manchester Police has been contacted for comment.