A woman who keeps having animals stolen from her plot of land is pleading for help after another theft last week.

Michelle Ikin owns a small plot of land in Middleton Street , Aylestone where she keeps a number of animals including 30 chickens.

But thieves crept onto her land on Sunday, September 13, and stole her five pedigree chickens from the run.

The incident was caught on CCTV cameras that were installed on the premises because of previous thefts of animals and people trespassing on the site.

And Michelle believes her most expensive hens were deliberately targeted by the rustlers.





She said: "I think they knew what they were doing.

"They passed all the others and took all the pedigree chickens. Overall they've taken about £200 worth.

"It's really annoying. I had planned to have a barbecue with my dad and we had not done anything like that for months.

"When we got to the plot, my son said 'you've left the door open' and I thought 'Oh my God, why would I have left their door open?'

"As I started looking around I went to the chicken shed and saw that it was open and I thought 'Oh no, not again'.

It was then that she discovered that five of her pedigree chickens were missing.

She checked the CCTV footage and saw that two men had entered the site and grabbed five chickens and left.

"It completely ruined what should have been a nice day," Michelle added.

"To them, it might just be dinner, or it's just a few chickens. It's more than that. People might say, buy another one, but that's not the point.

"I just want it to stop."

The two men who entered the site were caught on camera.

It's not the first time that Michelle has had to deal with animal theft from her plot of land.

Just after lockdown, she had a turkey stolen, and before that more chickens. The sheep she keeps on the plot of land have also been attacked in the past.

The latest incident was captured on CCTV and she is appealing for anyone who passed the area at around 1.40pm on Sunday and may have dashcam to get in contact.

She believes the thieves parked a car parked at the front gate, but the CCTV doesn't cover that area and therefore did not record the number plate.

Leicestershire Police confirmed that they had received a report of the incident and were reviewing the footage.

No arrests have been made.