Only in Hampshire :laugh3:

Thief steals urinal from city pub

 

 

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

 

The man is thought to have spent 40 minutes 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 5pm.

 

"He had wandered in and 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

What earthly reason would he have for stealing a urinal???:stunned:

 

(I can already see where this thread is headed,lol.)

My brother knows who stole it :lol:

My brother knows who stole it :lol:

Oh yeah...that's your neighbourhood, roughly. Isn't it?:o

Nope, it's his friend of a friend.

 

He got betted to do it I believe.

That makes sense...sort of! Fosters has a way of going right through you, so maybe he took it in case he had to stop for a pee on his way home?:P :lol:

Aw, I feel bad for the poor guy, maybe he can't afford a urinal himself!

taking the piss!!

 

(go on, someone had to say it!)

 

:P

Hahahaha..maybe he wanted one at home????

taking the piss!!

 

(go on, someone had to say it!)

 

:P

Ha ha! I was jsut going to post that!:laugh3: :laugh3: :laugh3:

Good news everyone...

 

Appeal flushes out urinal thief

 

Landlord Alan Dreja has been reunited with the stolen urinal

 

 

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 slap with a wet cod.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/6245861.stm

that's a good mystery down the drain :dozey:

At least he's not getting a stiff sentence...I'd hate to see him flush his life down the toilet over a souveneir...:P

At least he's not getting a stiff sentence...I'd hate to see him flush his life down the toilet over a souveneir...:P

 

True - it would certainly cause him extreme inconvenience!!:rolleyes:

lol! I guess he truned himself in because he knew you can't have your cake and eat it too...urinal cake that is!:P (you do call those pink things urinal cakes over there, right?)

lol! I guess he truned himself in because he knew you can't have your cake and eat it too...urinal cake that is!:P (you do call those pink things urinal cakes over there' date=' right?)[/quote']

 

No - that must be some kind of strange Canadian phenomenon!!:rolleyes:

Is the thief likely to be peenalised and end up in the "can"??:P

No - that must be some kind of strange Canadian phenomenon!!:rolleyes:

THey're those round, pink disc things you put in urinals to deodorize them...I thought I saw them in ENgland...

 

First, the CanadArm,

Then, the Hubel space telescope...

 

NOW...

 

The Urinal Cake! I'm so proud to be Canadian,lol.

THey're those round, pink disc things you put in urinals to deodorize them...I thought I saw them in ENgland...

 

First, the CanadArm,

Then, the Hubel space telescope...

 

NOW...

 

The Urinal Cake! I'm so proud to be Canadian,lol.

 

With the emphasis on the can??:rolleyes:

With the emphasis on the can??:rolleyes:

But of course!! (This from a guy whose entire country is run from a throne,lol!:P )