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Thief who stole 798 Creme Eggs jailed (www.bbc.co.uk)
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A shoplifter who stole 798 Cadbury's Creme Eggs has been jailed for eight months.

Portsmouth Magistrates' Court heard on Friday that Layton Richards, 29, from Brownlow Close in Portsmouth, had been charged with 24 shoplifting offences.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said he had stolen the chocolate between 6 January and 18 April.

Richards targeted 19 shops across Hampshire, Dorset and West Sussex, and took £3,463.96 worth of produce and products.

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[–] Emperor 24 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Just don't ask where he hid them.

[–] pooberbee@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago (3 children)

That sounds like an easy world record to beat.

[–] Emperor 5 points 3 months ago

Game on!

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Challenge accepted

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

I can boof fifty eggs!

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

This can't be real lol

[–] Emperor 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Must be, there's an X-ray and everything so it can't be totally made up by the Sunday Sport.

Although there is also sad news:

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 points 3 months ago

Crocs can smell crème eggs from up to Fifty miles away, sadly.

[–] GluWu@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago

Seriously. I can only fit 6 and my rectum is cavernous.

[–] smeg 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What are you suggesting about the fine journalism of the Sunday Sport? That's Britain's last bastion of integrity I'll have you know!

[–] awesome_lowlander@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

Somebody's internals are gritty alright

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That’s even worse than stealing forty cakes. It’s more than four tens. And it’s terrible.

[–] fakeman_pretendname 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)

798 Cadbury's Creme Eggs

£3,463.96 worth of produce

£4.34 for a Creme Egg? Or he stole 798 Creme Eggs as well as several thousand other non-headline-worthy products?

[–] Emperor 7 points 3 months ago

I'd be surprised if all he was stealing were Creme Eggs.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago

That’s a lot of shrinkflationn since last I was in a Tesco, but I can buy it.

[–] count_dongulus@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

But can you really blame him?

[–] Emperor 6 points 3 months ago

They have saved dozens of people from getting diabetes.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They are disgusting. I liked them as a kid, but had one recently and it was a mistake

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm almost certain the recipe has gotten worse

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

They're def noticably smaller than they used to be

[–] Strawberry@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

FOOD HEIST!

[–] Streamwave 0 points 3 months ago

Let him cook