A mother was removed from a train and taken away in a police van because she took home a clothes horse she had found 'abandoned' in a carriage. Aimee Craven, of Hull, East Yorkshire, had claimed the Tesco product worth £20 and taken it home after spotting it on a train the previous week - because she thought it had been left by its owner. But British Transport Police officers trawled through CCTV footage to track down the 32-year-old care worker before taking her off a train as she travelled to work in Brough. Police investigation: Mother-of-one Aimee Craven, of Hull, East Yorkshire, was accused of trying to shield the £20 Tesco clothes horse from CCTV as she walked off the train in Brough (above) with it . Miss Craven - who is now waiting to see if she will be charged, but has been told it is likely she will receive a caution for theft - said: ‘I was the first person to get on the train and I spotted it. ‘I know the right thing to do would have been to hand it in but I thought, “I’ll have it”. It was a spur of the moment, stupid decision, which I am sorry for. ‘But I don’t think what I did justifies everything that then happened. The police got on the train, asked me to step off it and I had no idea what it was about. ‘Everyone was looking at me. I was absolutely traumatised, it was awful. They asked me if I’d taken it and I told them the truth. They said it was theft.’ Police insisted to MailOnline that she was not arrested - and told how the victim was on the train at the time of the theft, and had placed the clothes horse behind her seat while travelling. After being taken off the train, Miss Craven was driven home in a police van and asked how long she had lived at her address and whether she owned the property. Facing a caution for theft: Miss Craven was asked by British Transport Police to go for questioning at their offices at Hull Paragon (above), where she was given a solicitor, paid for by legal aid . She was also said to have been asked where she worked, how long she had worked there, which shifts she did and what time she finished. Miss Craven was then made to take her wet clothes off the airer she had been using for a week, while police waited to confiscate the item. The mother-of-one, who cares for the elderly, was then allegedly asked to attend a police station for questioning where she had her DNA taken from a mouth swab and was fingerprinted. She said: ‘When I got home and went in and said the police are here for the clothes horse my boyfriend thought I was joking. ‘He said, “Oh very funny, April Fools’ was ages ago”. Then when I started taking the clothes off he said, “Aimee I think you are going too far now”. He just didn’t believe me until he saw me giving it to the police.’ The officers then asked Miss Craven to go back for questioning at their offices at Hull Paragon, where she was given a solicitor, paid for by legal aid. She was accused of trying to shield the item from CCTV as she walked off the train in Brough. Miss Craven, who has no convictions, said: ‘They made me feel like I was Hull’s most wanted. It really has been the worst experience of my life. With all the questions and them prying into my life I was petrified. ‘My solicitor said even if you found something in a skip and took it you could be done for theft and so he advised me to admit theft to get a caution, otherwise it would go to court. ‘The whole thing is ridiculous, it’s cost a lot more than the price of the clothes horse. I’d have happily bought her a new one. It’s a complete waste of their time and taxpayers’ money. ‘I’ve had to admit theft to get a caution, which I don’t agree with and I’ve now got a criminal record.’ A British Transport Police spokesman told MailOnline: ‘Following the alleged theft of a clothes horse from the 7.10am Hull to King's Cross service on April 9, a 32-year-old woman from Hull was interviewed after she voluntary attended Hull police station. 'The rightful owner of the clothes horse had placed it behind her seat and discovered it was missing when the train arrived at Brough station approximately 15 minutes later. She contacted police after seeing a woman walking along the platform carrying it. 'The woman was identified after officers reviewed CCTV from the station and undertook an anniversary visit. The item was recovered and has been returned to its owner. She has thanked officers for their actions. 'British Transport Police treats all reports of theft reported to us seriously, regardless of the item stolen, and will investigate every offence thoroughly.'
Aimee Craven, 32, took home Tesco product after spotting it on train . She had been travelling from Hull to work in Brough, East Yorkshire . Police used CCTV footage to track down mother and questioned her . Miss Craven has been told it's likely she will receive caution for theft .