Festival thief steals from charity collection

A thief who stole from a charity collection bucket at a music festival has been urged to hand the money back. 

Money which was being raised by The Big Beat was taken during the private Tannyfest event in Ballasalla which took place on Friday and Saturday. 

The musicians were raising cash for Craig's Heartstrong Foundation - festival goers had ensured the bucket was almost full but when it was checked again later half of the contents had been taken: 

The Big Beat team say they didn't believe anyone would 'stoop to criminality' at the event - Jonny Peacock is now urging the person responsible to rectify what's happened: