Shoplifter ate loot (From Stroud News and Journal)

Shoplifter ate loot

A GREEDY shoplifter gorged himself on his ill-gotten gains after realising the game was up.

police were called to Sainsbury's supermarket in Dudbridge last Thursday after staff became suspicious that a man was stealing from the shelves.

When the police arrived they found he had locked himself in a toilet cubicle where he was wolfing down his haul.

"He had consumed most of what he had stolen, including a bottle of sherry," said Sgt Mike Yhnell of Stroud police.

"He was still sleeping it off in the cells on Friday morning."

Sgt Yhnell said it was a case of there being no escape from the long arm of the law. He added: "It just goes to show you can run but you can't hide."

For more Stroud stories, see this week's SNJ.