The daughter of an elderly couple who had two cars stolen between New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day has urged those responsible to “turn their lives around”.

Police said that “opportunistic” group of young people took a blue Audi and a silver Honda Jazz from a home in Five Oaks.

The cars disappeared from an elderly housing complex adjacent to Grainville School between 11pm on Wednesday 31 December and 6am on Thursday 1 January.

The Honda Jazz was recovered at Vallée des Vaux and taken away for forensic examination.

Both vehicles belong to an elderly couple and the family said they were relied on heavily due to disability.

Express spoke to the daughter of the couple, who asked to remain anonymous to protect the identity of her parents.

She explained that the cars were first discovered to have gone missing at around 10:30am on New Year’s Day, when the family was ready to go out.

The daughter said: “My dad was looking around thinking they couldn’t have been towed. Why would they be towed?

“Then he’s asking, ‘we didn’t put them somewhere else, did we?'”

Her mum then realised that the vehicles had probably been stolen, and the police were called.

Express understands that both cars have now been found.

The daughter alleged that whoever stole the vehicles “knew what they were doing” because their gloves and balaclavas meant that no fingerprints or hairs could be found in the cars by forensic investigators.

“Fingers crossed there is no damage,” she added.

Police continue to investigate, noting that there had been a recent rise in “taking and driving away” crimes, with both cars and bicycles becoming targets.

St Saviour and Five Oaks residents should take extra care, the force said.

When asked what message she would deliver to the thieves, the couple’s daughter said: “It’s a shame, really, and they’ve still got a chance to actually turn their lives around.

“It will catch up to them one day, because they will get caught one way or the other. It might not be this time, but one day they’re going to slip up with DNA or something.

“When they do slip up, then they’ll get caught. I do hope they get caught.”

She also called for further lighting and CCTV to be installed in the area around Five Oaks.

“The area needs to be more lit at the back,” she added. “And I do think they should have CCTV in parts as well.”