EXCLUSIVE England cricket star Ben Stokes's Range Rover was also stolen during house raid where jewellery and cherished possessions were taken but was found - thanks to hi-tech device By Mark Branagan Published: 13:02 EDT, 31 October 2024 | Updated: 13:21 EDT, 31 October 2024 e-mail View comments England cricket star Ben Stokes had his Range Rover stolen from his driveway by raiders who also took jewellery and cherished possessions. Yet the burglars abandoned it a few hundreds yards away after the vehicle's anti-theft tracker activated, it has now emerged. Police have tried to recover footage of the incident in the sleepy village of Castle Eden, near Hartlepool, but their attempts have been hampered.
According to locals, more than half a dozen of the luxury homes in the area have been targeted by burglars recently but the latest raid has shocked many villagers into upgrading security overnight. Stokes, England's Test cricket captain, revealed yesterday how a masked gang who broke into his home when his wife Clare and two young children were there, while he was in Pakistan for the recent series. Ben Stokes is pictured with a Range Rover he took delivery of in 2019 - it is not clear whether this is the same vehicle as the one which was stolen this month Stokes is pictured with his wife Clare at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony at the P&J Live arena in Aberdeen in December 2019 - she was at home at the time of the burglary A golden necklace with a lion's head was .