TWO 'sisters' who fought back against thieves who stole from their roadside farm stall are to be featured in a BBC documentary.

Lynne Chellow and her sister-in-law Sal started their roadside stall outside Devichoys Farm near Penryn during the first Covid lockdown last year.

However in January and February of this year, things started to get stolen.

But rather than taking the thefts lying down the pair fought back, installing five CCTV cameras around the site at the entrance to the farm in Carclew Road just off the A39.

They eventually caught two thieves red handed on camera which led to them being tracked down and identified. Both of the thieves were Community Resolution Orders by the police because their actions.

However not content with just posting the culprit's images on Facebook they also constructed a 'stocks of shame' at the entrance to the farm and put a mannequin in it, sticking printouts of the culprits images on it. Since then they have not had one more theft.

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The 'stocks' attracted a lot of interest

Their actions attracted nationwide publicity and now the pair are going to be featured on the BBC documentary Caught Red Handed being broadcast on August 10 at 11.45am.

A camera crew spent a few days on the farm owned by Lynne's brother Jason and Sal in March.

They told the Packet: "We had a BBC crew with us at the farm for two days filming for the documentary series Caught Red Handed, about the thefts we had and the two people that were caught, we were interviewed and different footage taken of the farm, stalls and stocks.

"We are a bit nervous but we did it because there are so many little stalls that have suffered from thefts and vandalism and we are quite a strong family and if anybody does us wrong we won't let it go we'll see it through and it was a stand really because people have got to be stopped from doing it. They can't just turn up and take peoples' stuff, we haven't had one more theft since."

Lynne said the 'stocks' have become a bit of a tourist attraction with people turning up and taking pictures next to the stocks and even leaving them little notes.

But she said there is a serious side to it because so many stalls locally have been forced to close up because of constant thefts and vandalism. One person had their stall in Comfort Road, Mylor, destroyed.

"When it started wanted to close everything up but we thought no, we've got good customers the thieves are not going to win. They have shut so many down around Mylor. People cannot get away with things like this."