A 40-YEAR-OLD thief was snared by a police capture car.
Martin Tideswell, of Ravenswood Road, Arnold, broke into one of the force's specially adapted vehicles.
It had been parked in Haywood Road, Mapperley, at 3.40am on November 15.
Tideswell stole an iPhone, a wallet, laptop bag and sports bag. He was arrested after officers recognised him from the images taken in the car.
He pleaded guilty to theft from a vehicle and possession of amphetamines and was sentenced to a community order, including a four-week curfew, 12-month supervision requirement and six months of drug rehabilitation, by Nottingham magistrates on Tuesday.
Capture cars are fitted with cameras and audio devices to catch thieves in the act.
