Designer frames with an approximate retail value of £70,000 were stolen from a Lancashire practice in the early hours of March 27.
About 400 frames were taken in the raid on the Spectacle Factory in Bamber Bridge, with the thieves using crowbars to prise open display cases. Technician John Middleton, father of Amanda Sands the practice owner, spoke of the meticulous planning involved in the break-in: 'They smashed the front door in completely and wrenched the grill off the window.'
He said that the practice had been targeted before when a window was smashed and a few frames were stolen.
'That was more vandalism than anything else. This was a major job,' Middleton added.
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