Nurse Eileen Remedios was heartbroken when her beloved bicycle was stolen while locked outside near the street.

She left a humorous note attached to the same lamppost begging for its safe return. She wrote, "Please return my bike," which she loved for it will be "frightened without its owner."

The 55-year-old from Brighton got a big surprise when the thief, touched by her politeness, returned her old two-wheeler along with a humble note offering a "big fat SORRY," and saying, "I never mistreated it."  It was signed "The Reformed Bike Thief".

She even received a new lock with keys along with the note.

(READ the story, with many photos, from the Daily Mail)