'It's an epidemic' – farmers suffer from the theft of vital quad bikes

Jamie Smith has had two vehicles stolen from his farm in Worcestershire in 15 months

Jamie Smith's Worcestershire farm has been broken into three times in 15 months. On the first two occasions, he had a quad bike stolen. In the most recent burglary, two months ago, his workshop was broken into but fortunately his quad bike was not there.

The 65-year-old, who has been a farmer for 30 years, estimates that over the same 15-month period about 35 quad bikes have been stolen from farms in a 20-mile stretch from Pershore through to Moreton-in-Marsh in Gloucestershire.