Postbox thief steals Royal Ascot tickets and bank cards

2024-07-07 163

A brazen thief who raided post boxes 40 miles away from his home to steal Royal Ascot tickets has been jailed.

CCTV footage captured Vassim Aslam, 51, rifling through postboxes in a block of flats and pocketing people's letters before casually walking off.

Police found he'd stolen bank cards, Chelsea FC membership card and 18 tickets to Royal Ascot among other items.