A woman was shocked to see a stranger break into her garden and steal water from her hose.
Residents of Buckinghamshire brazenly locked their garden gates after seeing the ordeal unfold during the recent heatwave. I warned others to keep an eye out for thieves.
Posting on the community of Stokechurch, a village in south-west Buckinghamshire near High Wycombe Facebook she said a brave man filled some water containers from a hosepipe. I explained that I saw you there.
A photo shared by a woman, believed to be a CCTV image, shows a man standing in a garden. Next to it he has four containers on the ground, she reports the Sun.
A woman's hose tip is seen in her one of the vessels, presumably filled with water.
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Getty Images/iStockphoto)Writing on a Facebook group, as other locals were alarmed, the woman said: Make sure the gates are fully locked.
``The faucet will turn off and I won't do it again.''
The woman said, ``I have to nail it down or lock it all up like a fort. He added that he was "disgusted". Knox".
The UK saw temperatures soar across the country last week,and drought was declared in eight regions of England.
Hot weather inended as the Meteorological Service issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms and heavy rain across the UK Coming up this week.
However, even though the dry weather is over, this is not expected to be enough to replenish the country's low water supply.
Hose A ban on pipes is already in place in several parts of the country, with more restrictions due to be imposed in the coming days and weeks.
