Thieves Rip Cash Machine From Fenny Compton Co-op With a Telehandler

Thieves used a telehandler to rip the cash machine from the Co-op on High Street in Fenny Compton in the early hours of Wednesday 4 November, then set the telehandler on fire and made off with the ATM, Warwickshire Police say. The force told the Stratford Herald, which first reported the raid, that it received the report at 2.40am.

The Herald reports that fire crews from Leamington and Southam spent about two hours putting out the telehandler fire. Police have opened an investigation and are asking anyone with information, particularly CCTV or doorbell footage, to get in touch.

Updated 11 November: The Stratford Herald reports that the raid has left the village without its cash machine, and that the parish council’s chair says this has cut access to an essential service for all residents, including the most vulnerable. Nobody was hurt. A pottery club above the shop told the Herald that the floor at the front of the building has buckled and that sessions were cancelled. A similar raid took the cash machine from the Co-op in Shipston weeks earlier, but police told the Herald they don’t have the evidence to link the two.

How to help

Quote Incident 26 of 4 November on Warwickshire Police’s online reporting page or call 101. Crimestoppers takes information anonymously on 0800 555 111.

We’ll update this story if the police say more. Recorded crime in the town is on our Stratford crime figures page.

Alex Harrington

Alex Harrington grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon and runs What's up, Stratford? as an independent guide to the town.