Claude, the gourmet pie van, was found in a Warwickshire pub car park after a social media appeal
A stolen 1960s van, used as gourmet pie shop, has been found thanks to a social media appeal.
Sandie Harrington noticed the the Citroen H van, nicknamed Claude, in her pub car park in Warwickshire.
The van, belonging to Birmingham-based Pietanic, was stolen over the weekend from its storage unit in Highgate.
Owner Jay Jones, who had had to cancel forthcoming events as his equipment was inside, said he was thrilled to get it back.
Ms Harrington said she had been looking through social media and saw the appeal on the BBC WM Facebook, external page to get the van back.
"When I looked at it I realised it was actually sitting in my car park.
"I've noticed it over the last few days, because I thought what a cute little van."
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The pub is in a small village and people use the car park all the time, so she did not think anything of it, she said.
She called the police and spoke to the owner who was "over the moon," she said.
Mr Jones tweeted to thank all the people who had shared his plea to find the van.
West Midlands Police said it could not yet confirm the van had been found as the owner or police had not yet seen it, but it did sound as if it had been.
- Published26 January 2016
