League One striker offers reward after having his car stolen in burglary

League One striker James Norwood offers a reward after having his car stolen in a burglary at his property over the weekend.

The Ipswich Town player was left furious at the not just the theft of his Range Rover but also items that were taken from his home in West Suffolk.

He has since offered a £5,000 reward for information and has claimed photos of his home had been shared online, before going on to say that his own Instagram had revealed he was away at the time.

 

 

 

 

 

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It comes after the 31-year-old, who is appealing against a drink-driving conviction, was transfer listed with currently training with the under 23s and not involved with the first team on matchdays.

Norwood arrived back home having spent the weekend away to discover the car was missing and ladder prints were spotted at a top window.

Police confirmed a black Range Rover and items from the address were stolen, leading to Norwood appealing for information on Twitter and posted a photo of his car.

He wrote: “My House was robbed over the weekend. Car missing – number plate RX67 UCO… things stolen from house. £5000 reward for information and return of goods“

A Suffolk Constabularly statement to TWTD reads: “Police can confirm that officers were called yesterday evening to reports of a burglary at the property, which had occurred over the weekend.

“A black Ranger Rover (registration number RX67 UCO) was stolen, along with a number of other items from inside the address.

“Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact West CID at Bury St Edmunds Police Station on 101, quoting reference 64367/21.”

The former Tranmere Rovers player had previously shared a photo of a golf course to his 19,500 followers on Instagram, captioned with the name of a club in his home town of Eastbourne, East Sussex.

He later posted images which showed a stack of shoe boxes that had been toppled over, and an open cupboard door with the update: “Boss when you come back from the weekend and you’ve been robbed… thanks to the followe [sic] that’s done this.”

All posts from the weekend have since been deleted from his social media account.

Norwood hasn’t played for Ipswich Town’s first team since the beginning of October, and has been offered up for a move in the January transfer window.

He was convicted of drink-driving in July after being stopped by police in his Audi Q8 in August 2020.

In October, his 40-month driving ban and £5,000 fine were suspended pending an appeal.

Twitter users reacted as the League One striker offers a £5,000 reward after having his car stolen in a burglary…

@mirandasmurmurs: – this is truly horrific and if it’s someone from the Ipswich Town community then I am so so ashamed.

@MortonAlex: Sorry to hear this. Hope all is recovered. Sorry also to see you are not getting picked to play. I hope this will change.

@robpooley1: Good god really sorry to hear that thats dreadful luck

@RainbowTractors: Hope everything is returned to you quickly!

@iggybody: So sorry for you and your family James. It is such a wicked world. Perhaps things will be better for you when you move. Good luck

@JakeBennett2017: Awful… never would’ve happened in Tranmere Nors

@AdamHighsted: Wouldn’t have wheels up there pal, so you’re most probably spot on.

@JimmyEllison15: Heart broken to hear this, just glad the family and you are OK

@PRESTONEDWARDS0: Hope you getting everything back mate. Shit that this has happened!

@bigdikky5: Shared… had it happen to me. Horrible feeling hope all family ok as horrible time 😟

@hawkins_bar: Sorry to hear this, hope you get your items back. It may be parked up within a few miles as they may wait and see if it has a tracker

@danmurrayitfc: Horrible to hear James mate. Hope it gets sorted soon

@Richard12145190: I bet it was towed by a tractor. Time to come home James. SWA.

@mrbirtchy: Can’t imagine what it’s like to come home to this. Hope you get your possessions back soon.

@glendale0372: Hope you find them and get your stuff back mate!

@Callum_Maxwell: You don’t have any luck mate do you

@mattstannard: It upsets me so much these kind of people exist in society, and in Suffolk. I hope they find them, and lock them up and throw away the key. Do you have any CCTV / Ring footage we can circulate?

@Duncan12873300: If they are Professional Thieves it will probably be on a container off to other parts of the world James… I would get onto the police to check it out, Sorry that some toe rag did this

@PlumbPeter: Sorry to his this news, some proper scumbags out there. Fingers crossed your luck changes soon bud 👍🏻💙

@MarkyPrime: That is an utter disgrace. I hope you get your stuff back and I hope they get caught. Hope you get off the transferlist and get a proper chance to show what you can do in blue again.

@SarahDa90660104: This is just horrible, I’m so sorry this has happened to you mate. Hope you and your family are all okay and they catch the scum that did this and get your car and possessions back. Stay strong mate x

@BigEdBanthorp: Sorry to hear, some arseholes around aren’t there

@JamieFa70532108: Get back to Birkenhead you would be looked after better than that

@dmodeboy: Sorry to hear that. Hope you manage to recover everything. Whoever did this are scumbags and whoever leaked your address should be ashamed.

@MariusxC: Scumbags. Ask the police to check ANPR cameras, roads like A12,A120 etc have them. They should have pinged it if it went on a main road.