A Hucknall key worker has been reunited with his stolen tricycle

Tricycle enthusiast Alex Coates, 22, had parked his distinctive vehicle outside Hucknall’s Tesco Extra where he works, in a gated area, but had the £400 trike stolen by thieves who snapped the arm-rest to free it.

Alex builds and collects the bikes and has parts shipped over from China as part of a hobby that started ten years ago.

Alex said: "The bikes are a big part of my life and I've always been interested in them. Over the years I've had them shipped across from China and loved building them and using them for general errands.

"I've been riding the tricycle for many years and I use them as a way to get to work, reduce my carbon footprint and it's a great way to keep fit. It has a back seat that I use to give my friends and family lifts places.

"I had parked it up securely, but I was told that vandals had broken into the staff area and taken the trike.

"They've broken the gate in the process and also stolen batteries from the trolley recovery machines.

"I think they were in and out pretty quickly, literally six to seven minutes and they were gone.”

The tricycle was taken from the Tesco Extra car park in Ashgate Road, Hucknall, at around 3am on November 2.

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