A car has been caught on camera after it was stolen from the driveway of a house in Sittingbourne.

The £25,000 black touring BMW 330d was taken by thieves who broke into the home in Adelaide Drive to get the keys at 5pm yesterday.

The car, registration YM64 KXF, which belonged to Joella Bosworth, was caught on camera by a concerned neighbour who had noticed people acting suspiciously so started filming.

VIDEO: Car being driven away from house in Adelaide Drive

They watched the criminals park on double yellow lines in a silver Volvo before getting out, knocking and running away a couple of times. The crooks then disappeared down an alleyway.

Mrs Bosworth, who was out at the time, later discovered they had broken in and ransacked bedrooms before finding the car keys and driving off.

In footage posted on Facebook, the car is seen pulling out of the junction onto London Road.

The mum-of-two said: “The neighbours live on London Road and we’ve never spoken to them before but the dad was upstairs watching the rugby when he saw people parked near their neighbours’ car and he thought something was off as their behaviour was a bit strange.

“They said these three boys aged between about 19 and 22 went to the front door to knock, then back to the car a few times.

“Then they went down our alleyway and used a crowbar to open the kitchen window, before getting bleach out the kitchen cupboard and wiping down the prints.

“They ransacked our house and stole our car keys before driving off.”

The family-of-four have lived in the house for five years and spent their savings on the car last year.

The 32-year-old, whose sons are six and 20 months, was born next door where her parents still live. She added: “I’m gutted that we’ve lost the car but the thing that’s really got me is that people have been in our house going through our stuff. It’s my boys’ safe place.

“The people even smirked at them when they knew they were being watched as they drove off.”

The Volvo, which led the car away, was spotted an hour later in Essex.

Police said inquiries were continuing.

If you can help police, call 101 with reference XY/012696/17.