ITV Good Morning Britain's Richard Madeley fumes at police guest over pregnant daughter's stolen car

Richard Madeley took his opportunity to quiz a police chief over his own personal gripe with the forces during his latest appearance on Good Morning Britain. The presenter was back at the helm of the ITV news programme on Tuesday (May 24) alongside Susanna Reid.

The pair were joined on the show Sir Dave Thompson, Chief Constable for West Midlands Police, who was on hand to talk about the police's new pledge to have a zero tolerance to racism.

However, Richard had his own line of questioning after his pregnant daughter Chloe's car was stolen a matter of weeks ago and claimed the police did not investigate it.

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"There is widespread dissatisfaction with the way the police respond to complaints of burglaries and car thefts. They're barely investigated, let alone leading to any charges," the 66-year-old started. "Burglary used to be seen as a very serious crime by the police force and those who suffer it say it's one of the worst things that's ever happened in terms of an encounter with criminality."

He then asked the Chief Constable if he'd been burgled himself to which he revealed he had been many years ago, describing it as "one of the most invasive crimes you can go through."

After Susanna shared how only fiver per cent of burglaries in 2021 were solved, Richard fumed at the show's guest over his family's own experience. "And car thefts, they're barely investigated at all and I can speak from personal experience. My own daughter's car was stolen of the drive of our home a few weeks ago and within an hour, she'd been given a crime number and a statement from the police saying they weren't going to investigate and yet