Sheffield crime: Burglar attempts to use bank card minutes after house raid

Sheffield crime: Burglar attempts to use bank card minutes after house raid

By David Walsh

Business Editor

Published 9th Nov 2025, 16:45 GMT

A burglar tried to use a stolen bank card shortly after raiding a Sheffield house.

The victim received a notification that the card had been declined at a nearby petrol station shortly after reporting the incident, police say.

Police want help to identify this man following a burglary in Sheffield. | syp

placeholder image — Police want help to identify this man following a burglary in Sheffield. | syp

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Officers were called to a house on Robert Road, Meadowhead, at 4.40am on September 17.

Now they have released CCTV images of a man they want to identify.

He is slim, white and in his 20s.

Contact police here or call 101 quoting 14/163403/25.

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