A man who stole 200,000 Cadbury Creme Eggs, causing a police panic about Easter, has been convicted in court.
Pool, 32, used a stolen lorry with false plates to snatch a trailer containing the eggs from an industrial unit in Telford on Saturday, Kidderminster Magistrates' Court heard., leading West Mercia Police to say its officers - hunting someone "presumably purporting to be the Easter bunny" - had "saved Easter".At court on Tuesday, Pool, from Dewsbury Road, Tingley, near Leeds, pleaded guilty to criminal damage and theft.
Police said Pool had used a metal grinder to get through the gates of the industrial unit from where he stole the eggs and other varieties of chocolate.Mr Beale said: "He gave up at junction 11 and walked towards the police with his hands up - he was arrested and the load was recovered."Magistrates were told Pool had previous convictions in 2019 for similar offences including theft, handling stolen goods and driving while disqualified.
Next time he should just donate £5k to the Tory party and he could walk away with a £100M ppe contract. Best bit is they don't even have to work. He could buy fake ppe and still profit and walk away free.
So they'll bring the hammer down on this guy but when it's politicians and businessmen committing far worse crimes, that's a ok.
If the value of the haul was £31,000 That puts the value of each egg (presumably retail cost price) at 15p, that's some mark up for the retailer, we're being ripped off folks!!!
Don't tell me ... egg on his face?
Since the firm that used to be known as 'Cadbury' have shrunk so many of their products, he has had to nick 200,000 to get the equivalent of 50,000 of the original size Creme Eggs. Stands to reason.
Those are the worst. Yuck.
A 200,000 Creme Eggs on his face.
Bet he couldn’t move !
iamtomskinner
Let’s hope it’s a free-range prison
Did he eat £9,000 worth of chocolate before getting caught?
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Why aren't you reporting on corrupt tories instead of bloody creme eggs!!!
They're gonna make an eggsample of him I'll see myself out...
How many has he got stashed in the old prison pocket, so he can use them as currency inside?
He must have hatched a plan to nick all them 😂
Eggcelllent...
At least he (yes, I assumed his gender) didn’t stick them up his bum….just saying 😳
He was caught egg handed 🤣🤣
BBC news obsessed with this story aren’t they
Yumyyy
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they’ll let violent offenders out on bail but remand a non violent offender? appalling
Meanwhile, the corrupt Tory government can get away with anything.... How about reporting that!!! ToryCorruption GeneralElectionNow
He made a full confection(ary).
The Police cracked that one then
The guy should get a medal
Egg-cellent
It's no yolk
Egg'straordinary detective work constable, you certainly are the creme de'la creme of the force.
He should be eggsecuted !!
Should be egged in public flogging.
Well this settles it. The UK should bring back Eggsecution…
I'm sure I read somewhere that he was homeless. Can't help but feel a bit sorry for him, thinking nicking a load of Cadbury Creme Eggs would be the answer to his problems 🤭
well he’s certainly got egg on his face
He’s been named locally as Cool Hand Luke…
Second hand crème eggs? A discount is in order I think!
Chubzinmeanwood
Eggcellent work by the police
There’ll be a few left with egg on their faces still!!
Envisaging yer man's fellow inmates asking him what he's in for 😄
The heist was foiled
I am glad the cops cracked the mystery. It is no yoke what happened.
Electric Chair is too good for this animal..He should scrambled rather than fried!
200,000! Bloody hell that’s a bit eggstravagant…… Ok…. I’ll get my coat!
Police soon cracked this case
Thats eggcellent news, the yolk is on him.
Cracking.
They were poached.
That's, I think based on 177 calories per creme egg CadburyUK, nearly 35.5 million calories in total.
The sickly bastard!
He’s got egg on his face, now!
Creme of the century
200,000 oh come on, don't eggs-agerate 😁
Eggtraordinary
Creme of the century
Bit harsh, he was doing us a favour
What a Yoke
Eggscellent job by the police. Finally cracked a case
This is no yolk. Who egged him on?
The police beat a confession out of him fliceverett
Are we supposed to care because it's cream eggs is that your angle
Well now he’s got egg on his face!
Hope he gets his just dessert
His arse will look like a Creme Egg within a week of being in jail
Eggcellent work by the cops
mark_macaulay was it you?
let him cook
Egg-cellent news
Forget all that what did he do with those cream eggs?
Streets much safer now, thank god.
Must’ve cremed himself when they caught him
That os a CRACKING news story
Is this a yolk
eggcellent work by the police as always
Insider joby.
Is he in custardy?