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Anthony Worrell-Thompson
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This is one way to feed a family cheaply.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-16465934[news]Antony Worrall Thompson arrested for shoplifting cheese at Tesco[/news]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-16465934[news]Antony Worrall Thompson arrested for shoplifting cheese at Tesco[/news]
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4046788/Chef-Antony-Worrall-Thompson-shoplifts-at-Tesco.html
I see your point, but two wrongs don't make a right.
I'm also surprised that, according to the linked article, cheese is the most shoplifted article of food. Why cheese?
I hope Tesco are happy with the police merely cautioning any 5-time shoplifters, not just the high profile ones.
He has been cautioned, which is an admission of guilt, so no question of this being a mistake or oversight.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4761693.stm
Must be struggling to pay his staff a living wage, eh?
My local Sainsbury's has one but in my situation its far quicker just to queue up and pay at a normal till.
If the sun report is accurate it states ' A source said: "He was ordering blocks of cheese at the deli counter, taking bottles of wine, then putting some things through the scanner but walking out with the rest.
"They caught him on camera doing it more than once, but had to be 100 per cent sure it was not a genuine mistake before apprehending him. Because of his high profile, the security staff could not afford to get it wrong."
which is a bit strange why Tesco Sources said the stolen goods were "relatively low value" but included cheeses and bottles of wine.
which in my book are not low value items.
Many years ago I spotted a OAP stealing cat food right in front of a camera so I pointed this out to her and she put the two tins back - I wonder if she would have been given a second chance ? { at the time there was no such thing as a formal caution }
It comes in small packets (easily fit into pockets), it's relatively high value compared to other food, it doesn't go off too quickly, and everyone likes cheese!
I wouldn't have thought that wine and cheese were particularly "low value" items, especially if the cheese was in blocks, which he'd ordered from the deli.
They best take that sticker down at my local Tescos.
I would have thought that a caution would be a normal option for a first offence.
For one thing, non-celebrities don't get their name splashed all over the papers after being cautioned for shoplifting - which is going to do him much more harm than any court-imposed penalty.
And most non-celebrities aren't paid millions for being irritating, annoying little bearded s**ts!