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Alfie Watts says the constabulary told him there's "not overmuch they tin do" aft the theft
ByNicholas Bourne
BBC Wales
Race Across the World victor Alfie Watts has described his "enormous frustration" astatine having his car breached into and laptop stolen portion connected a schoolhouse tour.
His instrumentality contained presentations helium uses successful his talks with young radical astir positivity, resilience and intelligence health.
Watts, 22, said helium had parked and near his conveyance for astir 20 minutes erstwhile an opportunist smashed a model and recovered the laptop container nether his spot astatine Howard Place, Cardiff, connected Tuesday night.
"I honestly reckon idiosyncratic is conscionable similar 50-50, either there's thing successful determination for maine to instrumentality oregon determination isn't," helium said.
Watts said the transgression was "a debased point" pursuing 2 different unrelated thefts successful the past 2 months.
The worldly connected his laptop was backed up connected the net truthful the theft did not impact 3 scheduled talks from going up connected Wednesday, including astatine Mount Stuart Primary School successful Cardiff Bay.
Watts faced challenges but nary thefts portion connected his mode to winning bid 4 of the BBC's Race Across the World, travelling successful excess of 9,300 miles (15,000km) crossed eastbound Asia with his person Owen Wood.
"I cognize it's not an indictment of the radical of Wales, and peculiarly not the metropolis of Cardiff," helium said.
"It's conscionable an tremendous frustration."
Image source, Alfie Watts
The thief besides stole a packet of Worthers Original sweets arsenic good arsenic Watt's laptop and a sports racquet
Watts, from Hatfield, Hertfordshire, shared his experiences with his 320,000 followers connected Instagram.
"The constabulary person told maine that there's not overmuch they tin bash but volition cheque the CCTV on-site," helium said.
"As you know, I'm not 1 to shy distant from documenting the hard times arsenic good arsenic the bully times, and this one's a debased constituent sadly."
Last year, helium spent 192 days travelling astir the globe, posting societal media contented astir his experiences.
And helium has conscionable raised £50,000 for intelligence wellness foundation Young Minds by driving a tut-tut from London to Norway.
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Watts has been sharing his experiences with young radical arsenic portion of a circuit of 35 schools crossed the UK to "inspire a connection of not giving up, being kind, and believing successful yourself".
During his caller travels he's had his mobile stolen by a thief connected an electrical motorcycle successful London portion helium utilized his telephone to navigate crossed the metropolis past week.
And helium had his archetypal laptop stolen during a container theft successful Santiago, Chile, 2 months ago.
"I look to beryllium wanting to acceptable a satellite grounds for the magnitude of superior cities visited and worldly stolen," helium said.
"I didn't person immoderate theft issues connected the race."
A spokesperson for South Wales Police said being the unfortunate of car transgression was "upsetting, costly and inconvenient" and warned that "there are opportunistic thieves who enactment precise rapidly to smash and drawback immoderate belongings near successful vehicles."
The unit confirmed it had received Watts' study but said nary suspects had been identified.
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