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January 5, 2007 at 3:21 pm

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Thief steals urinal from city pub

Police in Hampshire are on the hunt for a thief who stole a urinal from a pub.

The suspect is believed to have spent 40 minutes expertly removing the white toilet bowl after ordering half a pint at the Royal Oak pub in Southampton.

He then stuffed the urinal in a rucksack and left the pub making sure he wiped his fingerprints off the door as he went.

But his exploits were caught on CCTV and after reviewing the tape landlord Alan Dreja handed it over to police.

“It’s unbelievable.” said Mr Dreja, 46, who has been landlord at the Royal Oak in Houndwell Place for two years.

‘Professional job’

His wife Suzie Dreja added: “We were stunned as he did it at about five in the afternoon.

“He had wandered in ordered half a pint of Fosters, took a few sips and went into the toilet a few times.

“He did a very professional job. He turned off the stop cock and capped off the pipe.

“Our staff had thought we had taken it off for repair and it was not until the evening we noticed.

“After we realised, we looked at the CCTV and saw him go in with a flat rucksack and come out with it bulging. He actually wiped his fingerprints off the door as he left.”

A spokesman for Hampshire police said: “It is a very unusual theft and we would like to speak to the man captured on the CCTV.

“It was clearly a very professional job,” he added.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/england/hampshire/6234445.stm

Published: 2007/01/05 14:40:30 GMT

© BBC MMVII
January 5, 2007 at 11:22 pm

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Raj

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Thats trophy hunting out of control :crazy::crazy::crazy: or maybe stealing to order – weird
January 6, 2007 at 12:07 pm

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ROTFLMAO

:laugh_at::laugh_at::laugh_at:
:pee::alien_abd:oh_god::toxic:

:laugh_at::laugh_at::laugh_at:

or possibly

:pee::pee: :surprised 🙂 :crazy_fre 💡 :alien_abd:hiding: …….. :apathy: :apathy: :noway: :wtf_beard :obey::obey: :mobile_ph :lol_up: :lol_crash :rolleyes: :lol_fast: …… :shy: :bad_idea:

What possible desperate need could drive someone to nick a pisser from a pub, and in such an organised and thoughtful way….

ROTFLMAO still…

People are great. You couldn’t make it up, it takes real life to be this funny…:weee::weee::weee:
January 6, 2007 at 12:38 pm

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What possible desperate need could drive someone to nick a pisser from a pub, and in such an organised and thoughtful way….

some plumber obviously got “caught short” with regard to materials and needed a urinal for a job that had to be finished before the weekend – the pub had the right kind.

ah,. the good old British construction industry’s ethical codes and project management strikes again….
January 7, 2007 at 9:36 pm

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:laugh_at: :laugh_at: i love it!!!!! might have to go and rob myself one.
January 9, 2007 at 6:30 pm

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still reckon it was a rogue plumber – you need a few tools and a stop end to remove the urinal without flooding the rest of the loos..

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Appeal flushes out urinal thief
A shamefaced thief caught on CCTV as he walked out of a Hampshire pub with a urinal in his rucksack has handed himself in.

The 42-year-old man, who has not been named, handed himself in to police in Salisbury on Monday evening.

The man, from Salisbury, Wilts, told police he had taken it from the Royal Oak pub in Southampton as a “souvenir”.

After being reunited with the urinal, delighted landlord Alan Dreja said he may put it on display in the pub.

“Three policemen returned it,” said Mr Dreja.

“The publicity which surrounded the theft seems to have flushed him out.”

The tale of the stolen loo has been reported as far afield as Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Thailand.

The space left behind when the thief expertly unplumbed his prize has already been filled, so now the landlord has a dilemma.

“I don’t know whether to put it on display in the bar, or put it on eBay”, he said.

The thief has been given a caution.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/england/hampshire/6245861.stm

Published: 2007/01/09 16:51:35 GMT

© BBC MMVII
January 9, 2007 at 6:38 pm

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Raj

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I think he should make a display out of it :devil_wag

As a warning to others not to take the p*ss :weee:
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