A stunned mum caught a "real-life Grinch" stealing her deaf child's Christmas presents from her doorstep.
Victoria Bees captured the broad-daylight robbery on her Ring doorbell camera in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, last Sunday.
The haul of boxes taken were worth hundreds of pounds and contained Christmas presents purchased during the Black Friday sales.
Victoria, 42, spent her entire Christmas present budget on the gifts, which included educational electronics for her partially-deaf two-year-old, as well as items for her five-year-old daughter.
She had "put all her eggs in one basket", frantically purchasing dozens of items during the mega sale to provide a stack of great presents for her kids.
Victoria said: "I know everyone's struggling but how could someone stoop so low? On Monday I was still very upset and disappointed about it, but now I'm just angry.
"Everybody's struggling, I'm making those pounds stretch as far as I can and I would never dream of stealing from somebody else.
"She has basically stolen my children's Christmas, she the ultimate grinch. I'm able to get some of the items redelivered, but someone of the popular children's toys are now out of stock.
"By the time I get a refund, I'm going to be paying full price, and won't be able to do that.
"I am completely aware they are only things, with covid and everything, Christmas is about spending time together but it's things for the people I love.
"It's the fact it's a woman as well, it's slightly more upsetting, I don't know what it is but it's worse to me. I hope it beats her up that she's taken that from my family."
She also blasted the delivery driver for placing the items on her doorstep in full view of the public - stating that they are supposed to attempt re-delivery if nobody is in.
Police have since launched an investigation into the incident, which happened from outside the property at around 1.35pm.
A spokesperson for Gloucestershire Police said: "Police are investigating a report of items being stolen from outside an address on Royal Crescent, Cheltenham at around 1.40pm on Sunday, November 27.
"Anyone with information is asked to contact Gloucestershire Constabulary through the website, quoting incident 247 of November 27."
