The thief - who is a doppelganger for the children's book character Burglar Bill published in 1977 - stole two cameras and Xbox controllers from Waitrose in Southend, Essex, on Christmas Eve.

A cartoonish crook in a Scooby-Doo costume broke into a convenience store in Alabama, and police are now asking for the public’s help to solve the mystery.

Viewers have ridiculed the thief, in Chellaston Derbyshire, for tip-toeing along in broad dayling during the September crime. Some said it looked like a scene from the Pink Panther or Scooby Doo ...

This dozy crook wearing a distinctive stripy top as he raids a supermarket really fits the Bill when it comes to dressing like a cartoon thief. The man helping himself at a Waitrose store bears a ...

PACKAGE THIEF CAUGHT, CHARIZARD SAFE. Package thieves don't usually know what they're stealing. They'll take their chances. Paul Eggeling probably didn't realize he was getting a Pokémon costume.