A RUNNER is boycotting her gym after becoming the latest victim of a string of thefts.

Penny Swallow returned to her locker in Crook Log Leisure Centre, in Brampton Road, Bexleyheath, to discover her purse had been stolen.

Miss Swallow, of Portland Avenue, Sidcup, reported the theft and says staff encouraged her to make an incident report and cancel her bank cards.

The 22-year-old administrator said: "It was gone, along with £25 in cash, bank cards, my driving licence and photos."

She added: "When I reported it to the police they said they were getting reports of thefts from Crook Log four or five times a week."

Bexley police have confirmed there have been a number of thefts reported at the centre and they are investigating this and several other incidents.

A spokesman for Boxwood Leisure, which manages the centre, confirmed eight lockers had been broken into in the female changing rooms on January 17.

The spokesman added staff and customers had provided a description of a suspect.

Police will be checking CCTV footage covering the changing room area.

Miss Swallow said: "I've heard the same thing has happened in the men's changing rooms a couple of weeks ago which makes you think there must be a man and a woman doing this.

"I'm going to stay away until something is done about this. It's just not on."