Knicker thief with an underwear fetish spent 15 years stealing thongs and pants from neighbours’ washing lines before he was busted by his ex-wife when she told police they weren’t hers
- Perry Granville, 39, collected thongs by breaking into his neighbours’ homes
- He stashed them in garages in Oxfordshire until his ex-wife flagged it to police
- Granville was handed a 22-month suspended sentence and 80 unpaid hours
A knicker thief with an underwear fetish was busted by his ex-wife after spending years stealing thongs and pants from his neighbours’ washing lines.
Perry Granville, 39, collected the underwear by breaking into homes in the historic market town of Abingdon-on-Thames in Oxfordshire.
He stashed them away in garages until his estranged ex-wife told police she found women’s underwear that wasn’t hers in their shared flat more than 15 years ago.
Perry Graville was busted by his estranged ex-wife after spending years stealing thongs and pants from neighbours’ washing lines
Police also uncovered swimwear among the bags of women’s underwear in the two garages.
Granville denied burglary, attempted burglary and two counts of theft but was found guilty of the charges after a trial at Oxford Crown Court.
A judge said he was ‘obsessed’ with women’s underwear as she gave him a 22-month suspended jail sentence and 80 hours of community service.
Judge Zoe Smith ordered him to take a rehabilitation programme for his fetish and made restraining orders barring him from contacting seven of his victims.

Police also uncovered swimwear among the bags of women’s underwear found in two garages in Oxfordshire (file photo)
He was also ordered to pay £285 compensation to one of his victims as an estimate for the items stolen.
Judge Smith said: ‘You are, and have been for a very long time, obsessed by women’s underwear but you can’t admit it.’
He was ordered to undertake 80 hours unpaid work and to take part in rehabilitation programmes and given a restraining order against seven of his victims to stop him from approaching them for the foreseeable future.
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