A TEENAGE boy from Didcot has been arrested in connection with the theft of about £20,000 worth of clothes from a Wantage shop.

The 16-year-old was arrested on Thursday following the burglary at Dapper Street menswear on Wednesday, and has now been released on bail until October 26.

Police are still trying to track down a second male believed to have been involved in the break-in caught on CCTV.

Dapper Street director Stephen Graham said footage showed men in hooded tops using a ladder to get into a first-floor window of the shop at about 4am.

He said the duo used a crowbar to force open the window of the 500-year-old building in Market Place, which used to be Badger’s Menswear.

Clothes stolen were high-price brands like Barbour, Superdry, Lyle and Scott and Fred Perry amounting to £15,000 to £20,000.

The men apparently did not go up or downstairs from the first floor and no computers or cash were stolen.

Staff arrived at 8.30am on Wednesday to discover the break-in and found a ladder and crowbar on the ground in front of the shop.

On Thursday, police forensics officers combed the shop looking for footprints and fingerprints.

Thames Valley Police said it would be issuing CCTV images in a public appeal in due course.