A BOLD thief casually walked out of a city centre supermarket with almost £1,000 of electrical equipment just 24 hours after an identical raid on the store was foiled.

The cool crook strolled into Lancaster's Sainsbury's store and just six minutes later walked out with a Philips DVD player, a MC DVD player and a Lodes 10-inch LCD television set.

Just 24-hours earlier, the same suspect was spotted walking out of the store with an identical haul - but fled empty-handed when challenged by staff.

During the successful raid the suspect, in his mid-20's, was wearing a blue baseball cap with NY on the front and a Reebok sweatshirt. He has thick dark hair and eyebrows.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Crimestoppers hotline on 0800-555111.