Kaleb Cooper, who features in Jeremy Clarkson’s Amazon Prime Video series ‘Clarkson’s Farm’, has taken to social media to share that he had his equipment stolen.
Cooper took to Instagram last week (July 30), to inform his 2.9 million followers, and further 49,000 followers on Facebook that his ProTech P200S post knocker had been stolen.
The machine was on the back of Aylesbury-based Home & Country Fencing’s John Deere 6630 tractor at the time, which was also confirmed as stolen.
The machines were parked at a job on Fulmer Lane, just outside Gerrards Cross in Buckinghamshire.
Home & Country Fencing said on social media: “There has been a silver 4 x 4 burnt out just down the road, which is possibly related.”
The company asked for anyone with information to get in touch.
In his post, Cooper said: “Can we please make this as hot as possible? What is going on with England at the moment.”
The theft follows other recent bad news for the Diddly Squat farm as Jeremy Clarkson announced last week that his enterprise’s now under bovine tuberculosis (TB) restrictions.
Rural crime
Recently at the Royal Welsh Show, members and staff of NFU Cymru, as well as Wales Wildlife and Rural Crime coordinator, Rob Taylor met to discuss rural crime.
With rural crime becoming a growing concern across Wales and the rest of the UK, the meeting highlighted the impact it is having on the public.
Taylor discussed the new Wales Rural Crime Strategy, which is a joint effort between his group and the Welsh police.
The strategy, which was published on July 10, will run from now until 2028 and follows the previous strategy that ran from 2023 to 2025.
Taylor asked the members to report all crimesin rural areas, no matter the scale, to the police in a bid to construct a clearer picture of rural crime across the country.
The speakers at the meeting also urged the public to remain vigilant and proactive in protecting their farms.
When speaking on the matter, NFU Cymru rural crime lead, Garry Williams said: “It can impact your farming business for years to come and the mental health toll, the stress, and worry it causes is something that shouldn’t be underestimated.”
