Thief steals car with baby strapped in back

A brazen thief drove off in a car with a 10-month-old baby strapped in the back in this shocking video.

He sped off in the silver Volvo station wagon after the baby's mother went inside a shop in Cambridge, United Kingdom, at around 3.30pm on Wednesday (UK time), the href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4161254/Thief-steals-car-baby-strapped-back.html" target="_blank">Daily Mail reported.

The child's mother saw the car being taken and ran after it while shouting for the offender to stop.

The CCTV footage in Cambridge. Photo / Supplied

It pulled up around 100 yards down the road and the thief abandoned it before getting into a blue car.

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The baby, which was strapped into a car seat at the time, was recovered safe and well.

Police are looking for a man, who had been a passenger in what is believed to be a blue Peugeot, which pulled up nearby just before the theft.

The man steals the Volvo station wagon.

Policeman Carl Harris, of Cambridgeshire police, said: "The car was stolen in broad daylight in a matter of seconds by a brazen thief who got more than he bargained for.

"Fortunately, the child was unharmed but this was a deeply disturbing incident which could have had terrible repercussions."

Anyone with information should call Cambridgeshire Police on 101.