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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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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month 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?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

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