A THIEF stole a pair of boots from an antiques shop in Stroud by wearing them and walking out of the shop.

Owners of the Malt House Emporium, at the Salmon Springs Trading Estate in Cheltenham Road, are trying to trace a woman who was seen in the store acting suspiciously in connection with the theft, which took place at around 1.45pm on Tuesday, January 3.

A spokeswoman for Gloucestershire police said: "The offender bought a low value item at the till and stole a pair of Ugg boots by wearing them when they left the store.

"Police have attended the store to conduct enquiries and we are currently waiting for the CCTV footage of the incident to be passed onto us."

Anyone with information should call police on 101 quoting incident 374 of 4 January.