Restaurant owner appeals for information after '˜unique' red tractor theft

The red tractor was stolen from a warehouse in Newland Road

The owner of a restaurant group in Worthing is dismayed after a '˜targeted attack' saw the theft of a '˜unique' and historic red tractor.

Andy Sparsis, the founder of Proto Restaurants which owns Worthing eateries The Fish Factory, The Fat Greek Taverna and Food, had kept the tractor stored at a warehouse in Newland Street, which was broken into at some point between about midday on Monday (October 9) and 8am on Tuesday.

A number of goods were stolen totalling around £20,000 – but it is the loss of the ‘valuable’ red tractor, which Mr Sparsis bought in France and spent a year restoring, that has upset him the most.