A sweet-toothed shoplifter brazenly pinched handfuls of chocolate in front of shocked staff and customers at a Sainsbury’s.
The bearded man nonchalantly swiped the goodies from the shelves.
The dark-haired suspect in a green jacket filled a carrier bag with the items returning repeatedly to get more.
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A member of staff can be heard shouting at him ‘You’re trespassing, you’re banned from the store, you keep coming in and you’re banned’.
The suspect was talking to an accomplice off screen who appeared at the end of the video – filmed by an onlooker – also carrying a loaded carrier bag.
The clip ended as the pair fled through the door, as reported by Need To Know.
It was filmed at Sainsbury’s petrol station in Hayes, west London on Friday, (8 Aug).
Locals were fuming by his brazen theft.
One said: “Good of him to bring his own bag for life.
Another said: “Bare hands and full face reveal because they know they’ll get away with it and they do.”
And another added: “And we pay for this with higher prices.”
Shoplifting is a worsening problem in London.
Authorities like the Metropolitan Police are addressing the issue through initiatives like Project Pegasus, focusing on intelligence sharing and tackling prolific offenders.
The Met Police and Sainsbury’s have been approached for comment.
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