Shoplifter with broken foot tried to steal gin from Burgess Hill Waitrose, say Mid Sussex Police

By Lawrence Smith
Published 27th Aug 2021, 12:32 BST
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Mid Sussex Police said they caught up with shoplifters trying to steal gin in Burgess Hill because one of them had a broken foot.

Neighbourhood Policing Inspector Darren Taylor said the incident happened at Waitrose on Wednesday (August 25).

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Inspector Taylor told his Twitter followers: “Team supported our Waitrose colleagues in BH yesterday as 2 shoplifters decided to help themselves to 2 bottles of gin and not pay for them.”

“The only issue being was 1 of them had a broken foot so not the quickest get away in the world and we caught up with them,” he said.