Norwich videographer has £15,000 of kit stolen in Rotterdam

Joshua Peck had finished filming video marketing work for one of his automotive clients in the Netherlands and parked up to go for dinner.

Not an hour later, when Mr Peck returned to his customised car provided by his client, he found the back window smashed and all of his videography kit stolen.

Two MacBooks, three cameras and three lenses were gone - totalling £15,000.

Joshua Peck had £15,000 worth of kit stolen in Rotterdam (Image: Joshua Peck)

Some of the kit stolen in the burglary on July 5 belonged to a fellow videographer helping on the shoot.

The 26-year-old, who has been building his brand Socius Media since he was 16, said: "It all happened so quickly, so they were career criminals.

"The police said these people have some sort of Bluetooth detection device to judge which car to break into based on that."

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While Mr Peck waits for insurance to come through, he has had to buy back £7,000 of like-for-like kit in order to not lose work.

"Part one of the reaction is oh my gosh, £15,000, and I've got shoots lined up.

"The other part of it is I feel violated."

Joshua Peck had £15,000 worth of kit stolen in Rotterdam (Image: Joshua Peck)

Clients he has worked for previously have rallied around to help.

Mr Peck added: "People who have hired me to help them have now helped me out.

"It meant I was pretty back on my feet short term and then took me about a week to replace everything.

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"It has motivated me. My initial reaction was to want to give up but now it has just spurred me on to make better things against the odds and being the underdog.

"It's an opportunity to bounce back."