Ref. 29299--20A WOMAN who installed a CCTV camera after raiders struck at Christmas has fallen victim to another theft.

Angela Baker, 42, of Perrys Lane, Wroughton, was distraught to discover her son's £3,000 motorbike had been stolen in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Her CCTV camera captured the thieves getting away but didn't show their heads.

Mrs Baker, a housewife, is now starting to think her house is cursed.

She said: "I can't believe our bad luck. Thieves seem to be making a habit of targeting our home."

At around 2.40am on Saturday, her camera captured what looks like an adult and a child wheeling away her 18-year-old son Richard's Gilera 125 bike.

Richard, an administrator at Threadneedle in the town centre, bought the bike at the end of January and thought it would be safe at his parents' home.

It was stolen from outside their back door.

He said: "I'm absolutely gutted. I worked so hard to get that bike. Now I'm having to get taxis to and from work."

After the theft of a Christmas lights display in mid-December, Mrs Baker and husband Jim, 39, a railway technician, invested in a surveillance camera that they put on the front of their house.

It is linked to a television and video in their bedroom so that the garden can be constantly monitored.

It is the second camera they have installed the first was put up four years ago after Mrs Baker's car was broken into.

The family also put up a 6ft security fence just before Christmas.

The family has now been the victim of crime four times since moving to Perry's Lane in 1999 the other incident was a stolen moped.

She said: "It's sad that after going to such great lengths and taking so many security precautions that we are still targeted.

"We shouldn't have to go through all this. I am so fed up. I just don't want all the hassle any longer.

"It's upsetting and it really gets me down," she said.

"I didn't expect it to happen again and I'm thinking of moving."

The motorbike was insured but Mrs Baker claims that it will be weeks before they see any recompense.

The police were called and are looking at the CCTV video to see if will help.

A police spokesman said: "We can only hope that the CCTV tape gets a result and leads us to the offenders."

After the last incident, the family was assisted by the police's crime prevention department to install their own security cameras.

Anyone considering setting up security cameras at their property is advised to first contact the police crime prevention department on 01793 528111.

Emma-Kate Lidbury