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| 2007-02-18 |
| Thief Tried To Hide £11,000 Ring Up Bottom A brazen jewel thief in Halifax, England, attempted to steal a diamond ring worth more than £11,000 (US$21,484.31) — by concealing it in his butt! Ewwwwwwwww! The thief, identified as 20-year-old Steven Buxton, convinced an employee of exclusive jewelry store Lister Horsfall that he had £300,000 (US$585,862.91) and was more than happy to spend £100,000 (US$195281.53) on an engagement ring. "My darling, please take this ring!" "WHY DOES IT SMELL LIKE THAT??" Buxton visited the jewelery store for the second time in three days on January 11, and requested to inspect a ring, worth £11,310 (US$22,086.17), in the window of the store. How loose were his jeans fitting? He also asked to look at earrings to match and while the employee’s back was turned, he replaced the expensive ring with a cheap phony. Smoove move there, top job. Prosecutor Paul Nicholson said, “It was superficially similar but not the same as the one she had been showing him. It was a different color, a different design and of course it had no ticket on it.” It was the same, only different. The employee begged to differ with Buxton but he kept insisting that it was the real deal until the cops showed up. And his sphincter tightened a bit... Buxton then admitted that he had hidden the diamond ring up his tushie along with a cheap silver metal ring. Who was THAT for?? The third runner up? He told police that he had come to Halifax with two other men who had suggested the brilliant idea. Bradford Crown Court heard that on his earlier visit Buxton, of Lees New Road, Oldham, said he had £100,000 (US$195281.53) to spend. After looking at items worth up to £40,000 (US$78,134.64), he handed over false details to the employee. He was given a docket containing the prices of a number of items and then left, saying he would return with a banker’s draft for the correct amount. Buxton, who admitted theft, has prior convictions for offenses of dishonesty including shoplifting over £400 (US$781.16) worth of groceries. He was got a nine-month jail sentence suspended for two years and was also sentenced to 100 hours of community service along with two years of supervised probation. Stephen Wood, Buxton’s attorney, said, “He was not necessarily the prime mover or the brains behind this.” Oh, he was the brains BEHIND it, I just don't think he was the brains IN FRONT of it |
| Posted by:Free Radical |
| #1 There has to be a place in "Today's Idiot" for the House members who voted for a non-binding resolution! |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-02-18 16:03 |