Chichester shop owner 'devastated' after theft of 'at least £150k' stock last night
Dartagnan Menswear owner Matt Horstead was alerted to the break-in, which happened just after 11pm, after a men broke in through the front of the shop, emptied rooms of clothing items before breaking through the back exit.
Matt said: "I'm devastated — it's my livelihood. For us this puts food on the table. The front of the shop is smashed to bits and the shutter is destroyed.
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Hide Ad"I'm not a big multi-national corporation that can write this off their balance sheets. Retail is hard, we can't just write this off."
A 'substantial reward' is being offered to anyone who gives information which leads to the conviction of the thieves.
Some of the items of clothing stolen including jackets costing £950 including bright yellow and bright blue jackets from Stone Island and other brands like CP Company and D Squared.
In August last year, Matt had 'a few hundred pounds' of damage when would-be thieves used a concrete block and a crowbar in an attempted burglary at the store. Read more here: Chichester business owner 'fuming' after attempted break-in