Man sought over £2,000 'theft' from Carnforth supermarket car park (From The Westmorland Gazette)
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Man sought over £2,000 'theft' from Carnforth supermarket car park
3:35pm Tuesday 11th December 2012 in News
Man sought over £2,000 'theft' from Carnforth supermarket car park
THE man pictured in this CCTV image has been urged to contact police over the theft of £2,000 in cash from a Carnforth car park.
A woman who was carrying the money in her pocket did not notice it fall to the ground as she got out of her car at Booths supermarket so she carried on walking into the store.
Lancashire Police said CCTV images then capture a man drive over to her car, park up, get out and pick up the money off the floor.
He is then seen briefly going into the supermarket before leaving and driving away.
The incident happened at around 6pm on December 1.
Officers investigating the theft want to speak to the man shown to try and establish the circumstances of what happened.
PC Peter Bennett, of Lancashire Police, said: “It is not thought the money was handed in at the store and so I would appeal to anyone who may have any information to come forward.
“In particular, I would be keen to speak to the man in the CCTV image as he may be able to help us trace the money.”
Information can be given to police on 101, quoting reference number BB1204456.
Alternatively, information can be passed to Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at crimestoppers-uk.org
Comments(14)
sklanc
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9:21am Wed 12 Dec 12
Moonbase
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9:26am Wed 12 Dec 12
sklanc wrote:No it would'nt.
i wonder if your attitude would be different if it was your mother/ wife. sister who had accidentally dropped the money and for it to be stolen by a dishonest passer by. people sometimes have good reason for carrying large amonunts of cash that is not the point of this incident it's the mean nasty guy who stole it.
tictoc1
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1:28pm Wed 12 Dec 12
I wish I could carry that amount of cash in my pocket and I don't think it's very fair to say he stole it!
It fell out of her pocket, more fool her for having that amount of cash on her in the first place. And who's to say he hasn't handed it into the store and someone else has pocketed it?
Just a thought!
Cas220
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2:12pm Wed 12 Dec 12
Sorry but it seems a bit suspicious to me that the woman had £2k hanging out of her pocket outside a supermarket(a bank I could understand) in the dark, if I had cash like that it'd be in my purse and I'd be checking on it every 5 minutes.
If you have LOST something then you have LOST something, that man has FOUND something - he hasn't broken any law as far as I know, you don't have to hand in money you have found in the street. To call him a thief and print his photo is defamation of character.
onelocal
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5:44pm Wed 12 Dec 12
Cas220 wrote:The 1968 Theft act in sections 1 and 7 talks about "Theft by Finding" which basically means if you find something you cannot keep it (finders keepers is not lawful) and have to take reasonable steps to find the owner as they still hold legal title even though they have "lost" their property. The legal grey area is over whether items have been "abandoned" or "lost" if they have been lost you have to try and find the owner. If you can PROVE that they have been abandoned you can keep them.
It's not theft, pure and simple, it's not even 'theft', if that makes it somehow different.
Sorry but it seems a bit suspicious to me that the woman had £2k hanging out of her pocket outside a supermarket(a bank I could understand) in the dark, if I had cash like that it'd be in my purse and I'd be checking on it every 5 minutes.
If you have LOST something then you have LOST something, that man has FOUND something - he hasn't broken any law as far as I know, you don't have to hand in money you have found in the street. To call him a thief and print his photo is defamation of character.
Cas220
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4:36pm Thu 13 Dec 12
onelocal wrote:Well I thought this was the case but after having checked with the Police it isn't, especially when it was found on private property.
Cas220 wrote:The 1968 Theft act in sections 1 and 7 talks about "Theft by Finding" which basically means if you find something you cannot keep it (finders keepers is not lawful) and have to take reasonable steps to find the owner as they still hold legal title even though they have "lost" their property. The legal grey area is over whether items have been "abandoned" or "lost" if they have been lost you have to try and find the owner. If you can PROVE that they have been abandoned you can keep them.
It's not theft, pure and simple, it's not even 'theft', if that makes it somehow different.
Sorry but it seems a bit suspicious to me that the woman had £2k hanging out of her pocket outside a supermarket(a bank I could understand) in the dark, if I had cash like that it'd be in my purse and I'd be checking on it every 5 minutes.
If you have LOST something then you have LOST something, that man has FOUND something - he hasn't broken any law as far as I know, you don't have to hand in money you have found in the street. To call him a thief and print his photo is defamation of character.
onelocal
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6:02pm Thu 13 Dec 12
onelocal
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6:08pm Thu 13 Dec 12
tictoc1
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8:41am Fri 14 Dec 12
onelocal wrote:A car is registered to someone...cash isn't.
Strange. If I found your car with the doors unlocked and the key in the ignition, is it lost and have I found it, or does it only apply to money?
sklanc
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11:32pm Fri 14 Dec 12
life cycle too
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1:42pm Sat 15 Dec 12
But it DOES say it WAS stolen - and that they wish to speak to the man to establish what happened.
It is strange that he didn't simply drive away with the money rather than hang around and even enter the store, and no doubt police will wish to ask him if he handed it over to somebody else who failed to record it's finding, rather than accuse the man.
I once handed in an item that I found, at the place I found it - only to find later that it had not been recorded, and had gone missing (I worked at the location, and knew who had lost it).
I have in the past had large sums of money on my person for a short time, and not gone straight to the bank with it - but luckily took more care of it than the poor woman who has lost this money - she may simply have been calling to make a quick purchase while on her way to bank takings from a business, so would appear to have done nothing shady!
Kendmoor
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11:40pm Sat 15 Dec 12
848848
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4:05pm Tue 18 Dec 12
Your in Booths car park and you see a person discard a kit kat wrapper and it floats to the ground. I notice your scant disregard for the environment and move to pick it up and place it in my pocket with the intention to dispose of it into a waste paper bin at the local tip.
It now appears I have become a thief as the wrapper is your property, you own it and I have no right to it.
Silly point for most .... but the detrimental value to the environment from the red kit kat wrapper is worth more than the money missing here as it was picked up by someone. I see too many dispose of their wrappers whilst I'm out and about enjoying the fresh air while it lasts...
Hopefully this man can shine light on the missing money for the unfortunate rightful owner but he is not a thief and the spokesperson has not accused him of being one... yet.
publishing the photograph is not correct as the suspect is just a suspect and good Police evidence gathering is needed to bring this to a conclusion.
Moonbase says...
7:03am Wed 12 Dec 12
As for carrying 2k around that's stupid,I know Booth's is'nt the cheapest perhaps next time she goes shopping may i suggest she takes 1k and goes to Tesco.
Just a thought.