Thieves steal car with dog inside

Thieves took a 75-year-old widower's car containing his pet dog while he tended his wife's grave.

The man had parked his car outside Streetly Crematorium, Walsall, on Tuesday afternoon and had left his 12-year-old Jack Russell inside.

When he returned 15 minutes later, after laying flowers on his late wife's grave, he found shards of broken glass where his car had been.

The car was found with the dog inside on Wednesday in Erdington, Birmingham.

Police said there were no witnesses to the theft and no evidence was left at the scene.

Pc Mark Allwood, of West Midlands Police, urged anyone with information about the theft to contact them.