Trowbridge man's livelihood lost after three days’ trading (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)
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Kebab van stolen from layby near Potterne just after business opened
5:00pm Sunday 25th November 2012 in News By Adam Care
Murat Andak has searched the road looking for clues for the stolen van
A Trowbridge man is facing the loss of his livelihood after his snack van was stolen just three days after he started trading.
Murat Andak, 25, set up his van on the A361 near Potterne on Monday, November 12, but was distraught to discover it had been taken when he arrived for work on the following Thursday morning.
The van, worth more than £3,000 was missing from the layby it had been left in, along with £2,000 worth of stock. The white trailer has three distinctive ventilation chimneys on top, and a Best Kebabs sign on the front.
Mr Andak moved to Trowbridge from Milton Keynes last year with his wife, and set up the business serving kebabs and burgers after struggling to find work as a decorator.
He said: “All my hopes were in that business, but now I don’t know what I am going to do. This might ruin our lives.”
He came to England from Turkey in 2007, to study in Reading, and needs to work to keep his visa and support his wife, who is an arts and design student at Trowbridge College. The couple were married in Turkey six months ago.
As well as the van and all the cooking equipment inside, two bottled gas canisters were also taken.
There are no CCTV cameras on the road from which it was taken and, as yet, the police have no leads as to its whereabouts.
Mr Andak said: “My wife and I searched the road looking for any sign of it, but the police should be doing that not me. I am sure someone will have seen something, and someone out there can help us.”
Anyone with information can call Wiltshire Police on 101, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Comments(10)
blackstone
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7:45pm Sun 25 Nov 12
beetawix
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10:50pm Sun 25 Nov 12
old bag
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10:57pm Sun 25 Nov 12
shed
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11:47am Mon 26 Nov 12
frosch
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12:04pm Mon 26 Nov 12
ckyad
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1:44pm Mon 26 Nov 12
Mon Cheri
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4:35pm Mon 26 Nov 12
shed
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10:17am Tue 27 Nov 12
Mon Cheri wrote:It would appear folk in Turkey are more honest than here in UK these days if he thought his property would be safe?
Do feel sorry for him, but really, leaving something in a lay-by expecting it to be there three days later?
Maybe sharia law has a point?
The.Central.Scrutinizer
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11:43am Tue 27 Nov 12
It would appear folk in Turkey are more honest than here in UK these days if he thought his property would be safe?.
I see no evidence of that.
shed said
Maybe sharia law has a point?
whatever its point it is not practised in Turkey (officially)
Laptop_Larry says...
6:44pm Sun 25 Nov 12