Police are urging a burglar to urgently seek medical help after the person handled cancer-causing asbestos at a demolition site.

The thief forced the doors of a locked decontamination caravan in Eastleigh, Hampshire, and opened sealed bags which contained blue, brown and white asbestos-contaminated clothing and equipment.

The clothing was used by labourers who are working on demolition of the former Pirelli site in the town.

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