A man who had his house broken into and his luxury car driven away by a brazen burglar is urging the police to take action after a third house in a month was ransacked in his street on Friday.

Julian Hunt, 43, of West Hill, Epsom, arrived back from holiday on August 17 to discover his house had been turned over and his £27,000 Audi car had gone.

In another burglary on August 17 to 18, a television and ipad were taken, and last Friday afternoon high value jewellery was snatched from the home of another of his neighbours.

Police are not linking these burglaries to a string of other burglaries believed to have been carried out by escaped convict Adam Yaroo, 28, in Epsom, Tadworth, Kingswood, between July 3 and September 8, for whom they issued an appeal yesterday.

Mr Hunt, an IT salesman, who lives with his wife and children, captured the thief in action on CCTV cameras he had installed on the front of his house.

The footage shows a casually dressed man visiting his house on Monday, August 11, at 10.30pm, ringing the doorbell and then walking off.

The man returned the following day at 10.30am, and rang the doorbell several times.

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He is next seen by the cameras an hour later running past the front door, carrying a black sack, getting into Mr Hunt’s Audi and reversing it down his driveway. 

Mr Hunt said separate CCTV footage showed his postman had rung the doorbell at around the same time to deliver a parcel, which he believes may have "spooked" the burglar.

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He said that in the other two burglaries in the street the homes were "trashed" but “they treated my house with a little bit of respect though – they took stuff but didn’t damage much”.

None of the stolen items – which included £8,000 worth of designer and electronic goods and cash – have been recovered, but most were insured. 

The burglar is white, slim, likely to be in his late teens or early 20s, clean-shaven, with short brown or blonde hair.

The burglar smashed a double-glazed door, reinforced with toughened safety glass, which Mr Hunt believes indicates the man was a "professional".

He said: "We foolishly didn’t put lights on to go on and off automatically and the post was building up.

"My car was a particularly high value item.  Apparently they call it a ‘nickable’. 

"They didn’t touch my wife’s Honda which was also in the driveway."

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Mr Hunt said Surrey Police’s crime prevention officers and forensics have visited his house and they are trying to trace his Audi using number plate recognition.

But he said he has not heard much from them.

He said: "There have been no coordinated efforts to do anything about it.

"I would like the scumbags caught. 

"We are much more sensitive now about leaving the door unlocked downstairs and going upstairs. 

“We were very relaxed before.  We did feel very safe, living on a busy road. 

"It was a false sense of security. 

"Until they are caught, we are not going to feel that kind of safety again or regain confidence."

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He added: “I warned the police about the other burglaries too but no warnings have gone out or signs put up asking people if they have seen the burglars.

"I feel they could have used the information given to them better."

A Surrey Police spokesman said yesterday they are not ruling out the possibility the burglaries are linked, that thorough investigations are ongoing and house-to-house enquiries have been carried out.

He added: "Surrey Police takes all reports of burglary extremely seriously and would like to reassure residents they are being thoroughly investigated with every effort being made to catch whoever is responsible.

"The public is urged to remain vigilant."

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The spokesman said Mr Hunt has been contacted on "several occasions" and an officer from the safer neighbourhood team visited him this week.

Police website police.uk shows a sharp rise in burglaries in the Epsom and Ewell south area in recent months, up from five in April to 10 in May, 11 in June, 13 in July.

It also showed that two burglaries were reported on West Hill in July, one of which is still being investigated.  One was reported in June, which is awaiting a court outcome, and another was reported in May.

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To view up-to-date crime statistics in Epsom and Ewell visit www.police.uk.

Do you know the man in the footage? If so, contact Hardeep Matharu on the newsdesk on 020 8722 6346 or by emailing hmatharu@london.newsquest.co.uk.