Do you recognise this man?

He followed someone into our Wilkes Street office yesterday and was caught on video. One of our laptops was stolen from the desk shown below at exactly the time this man gained entry to the office and, judging from the video footage below, it looks like this gentleman may be able to help the police with enquiries in connection with the theft.

He comes into the building, tailgating someone who has unlocked the door, and sits by the door, apparently to case the joint. First of all he checks out the laptop by the window but that's secured and not easily removable. At around 1.10 he goes over to one of our desks and, concealed by the pillar, seems to put something in his carrier bag. Then he makes a swift exit. When our staffer returned to the same desk a few minutes later, his laptop was missing.

Clearly there are lessons here for us about our security measures, and this just shows how vigilant people need to be in any office open to the street.

This guy may be local and known in the neighbourhood, so if anyone reading this recognises him, in his Nike Airmax T-shirt (how aggravating is that, given that Nike is a client), then we'd love to hear from you. If you have a business in the area you may want to watch out for him.

And, if this is you in the video, and there's an innocent explanation for what you were doing in our office, then please let us know and of course we'll take down the video.