LONDON - British police said Friday they were hunting a man who stole a
urinal from a pub toilet.
Police said on Friday they were
hunting a man suspected of stealing a urinal from the Royal Oak Pub in
Southampton. The suspected thief is seen leaving the toilets in these
undated closed circuit television images. [Reuters]
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The suspect walked into the Royal
Oak pub in Southampton, on the English south coast, ordered half a pint of beer
and then made several visits to the men's toilet.
There he carefully removed a white urinal from the wall, stuffed it into a
rucksack and was captured on closed circuit television walking out with the
bulging sack on his back.
"He made a very, very expert job of dismantling it from the wall and turning
the water off. A very professional job," landlord Alan Dreja said in a video
posted on the Southampton Daily Echo newspaper's Web site.
A police spokesman said the thief may have been a tradesman.
"One of the theories is the guy is some sort of cut-price plumber who is
going round and stealing parts to order," he said.