Yarm residents awake to electric car cables cut and stolen

Police were alerted shortly after 7am to reports of electric car cables being cut and stolen on Tangmere Road in Yarm and enquiries are underway.

One woman, who has lived on the estate for seven years, said she woke up and saw a post on Facebook warning residents to check their cables.

Police were alerted shortly after 7am to reports of electric car cables being cut and stolen on Tangmere Road in Yarm and enquiries are under way. (Image: THE NORTHERN ECHO)

She said: “I went outside to find the cable had been cut and stolen.

“I went and checked the doorbell and there was nothing there. I rang the police and messaged our neighbours.

“I’m angry, it’s just an invasion of your home. And it’s the inconvenience and cost of it getting replaced too.

“If you can’t just replace the cable and we have to replace the whole thing it could be more than £1,000.”

A spokesperson for Cleveland Police said: “At 7.15am on Thursday, February 19, police received a report of an electric cable being cut on Tangmere Road in Yarm.

“Anyone with information is asked to contact Cleveland Police on 101 quoting reference number 031773.”