Police hunt pub urinal thief

[janbo1960]

Police in the English city of Southampton are seeking a man who stole a urinal from a pub toilet.

He walked into the Royal Oak, ordered half a pint of lager and then went to the men's toilet, where he spent 40 minutes expertly removing the urinal from the wall.

He stuffed it into his rucksack and walked out.

The bar staff thought he was taking the urinal away for repairs.

The police say the thief even wiped his fingerprints off the toilet door as he left.

[6ULDV8]

An official report from the police says they have nothing to go on...
(soz.. couldn't help that two ronnies joke)..


I read about this yesterday... it'd drive the landlord potty if it wasn't on caught on camera...

It seems he sipped his pint, visited the toilet & repeated a few times...

He also knew what he was doing... he capped off the pipes etc... a real pro job.



I'd like a urinal at the house... one of the big old stainless steel ones, not just a 'run' but the full sized buggers as found in old schools, bars etc...

[janbo1960]

Urinal thief comes clean with British police
A British man caught on camera stealing a urinal from a pub gave himself up to police after media reports of his antics attracted global attention, detectives have said.

The 42-year-old man carefully removed the toilet from the bathrooms of the Royal Oak Pub in Southampton, on the English south coast, stuffed it into a rucksack and walked out.

Last week officers released photos of the bizarre theft, which was captured on closed circuit television, and reports of the crime appeared around the world from as far afield as India, Australia and China, Hampshire police said.

The man handed himself and the urinal over to police, saying he had taken it as a "souvenir".

Detectives decided to let him off with an "official caution" after interviewing him.