Exotic bird ‘stuffed in thief’s shorts’ then returned by ‘woman in balaclava’

The stolen bird’s partner was devastated (Picture: Chris Radburn/ Animalistic Pets Henlow)

A prized bird was ‘stuffed down a man’s shorts’ and stolen from a pet shop, before being ‘returned by a woman in a balaclava’ the next day.

The beloved kakariki – worth up to £150 – was nabbed from Animalistic Pets in Henlow last Friday.

CCTV from the shop shows a man and a woman breaking into the aviary before he stuffs it down his grey shorts.

The shop issued a desperate appeal...