Stolen lawnmower was doing 90kph

A thief was caught with an expensive robot lawnmower in his car after the mower alerted its owner it was doing 90kmp down the route départementale.

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The man reportedly stole the mower from the premises of a firm in Indre-et-Loire after cutting a fence to get at it – but had not banked on it being equipped with a GPS tracker.

The owner followed its trace and alerted the gendarmes.