A THIEF stole car batteries from a building in Braintree.

They entered a yard by unscrewing a bolt to the fence and stole four alloys to a black Peugeot 308 GT.

They then cut the lock to a cage next to the main building and stole 10 car batteries.

It happened in Manor Street, between 6pm on May 9 and 9.30am on May 10.