A mum was left “gutted” for her kids after ‘a scruff’ stole her Christmas reindeer decoration lights from her front garden.
Samantha Carroll from Norris Green said the theft has left her two children - Leo, three, and Sienna, two - upset, and asking why the ‘naughty man’ stole their reindeer.
The theft happened early on Sunday morning just before Samantha's partner, Peter, set off for work.
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The mum, 32, said: “My fiancé was at work that day - he didn't notice they were missing when he went out.
“Later on we had Amazon Alexa set up to put the Christmas lights on. So I said 'Alexa, turn on the Christmas lights'.
“When I do that my little boy runs to the window to watch the reindeer light up. And he said 'no reindeer'.
“So I walked over and noticed the two big ones were missing”
Posting on Facebook about the incident, Samantha said: "Absolutely gutted and fuming. Some absolute scruff has stole my two big reindeer from my garden."
Samantha checked the CCTV camera on her house and saw that just after 5.30am, a man riding a bike had gone into their front garden and put the reindeer under his arm before riding off.
She said: “Now my little boy keeps saying 'naughty man stole reindeer'. We've still got the little one but we're a bit wary about putting that back out."
She said: “My fiancé has actually ordered a bolt to go on to the wall. So if he puts the other one out he can chain it to the bolt.”
While the theft has been reported to Merseyside Police, Samantha said that she doesn’t hold much hope of that thief will be caught or the reindeer returned.
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She added: “We only bought them last year. It was a treat for us but I was more disappointed and gutted for the kids.
“We decorated the house for the kids, it's all for them.”
The ECHO went to Merseyside Police for comment on the theft.
A spokesperson for the force said two Christmas reindeer had been reported stolen from the front garden in Norris Green between 5.30am and 6am on Sunday.
Anyone with information can DM @MerPolCC quoting reference20000725884.
