Brighton man's stolen iPad sending photos back to him

Tom Clarke, a software engineer from Brighton, has been receiving photos from his stolen iPad on his iPhone.

The new technology moves in mysterious ways and this time it may be surprisingly helpful.

Tom Clarke's iPad went missing while he was Christmas shopping, and he feared he would never see the expensive Apple tablet again.

But after setting up an iCloud stream between his iPhone and the missing device, he has now received several bizarre clues as to the device's whereabouts.

The 26-year-old has received a series of photos of a dog and a man posing in a woolly hat which were taken using the iPad's camera.

And after the images were automatically streamed to his iPhone, he is now on the hunt for those who made off with the tablet.

Among the pictures taken on his iPad were snaps of a pet dog and a man smirking while wearing a winter bobble hat.

'The guy in that picture is not by any means a thief he just knows the person who has it", said Tom.

'It is just a really personal thing for someone to have in their possession with so many of my details and information on it. If I had something that had that much attachment to it I couldn't just take it.'

A Sussex Police spokesperson said: 'We are investigating and have received photos from the iPad to consider.' More here