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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Copper Head, post: 1526331, member: 26489&quot;]<b>Thief snared by bank workers after he tried to put cash into his account in bags full of coins and glass from broken charity bottle</b></p><p><br /></p><p>A bungling thief who stole a bottle full of charity donations from a pub was sprung by a quick-thinking bank clerk who spotted shards of glass in the bags of change he wanted to deposit.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Trevor Easby, from Cornwall Beach, in Plymouth, raised suspicion when he tried to hand over several bags full of loose coins at a local Lloyds TSB branch in the city.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>After spotting slivers of glass mixed in with the coins the cashier dialled 999 and Easby was arrested. </p><p><br /></p><p>Plymouth Magistrates yesterday heard that Easby, 30, had stolen the money from The Magnet pub in Devonport, Plymouth.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The court heard that the recovering drug addict spent more than five hours rifling through the pub, and stole a large whisky bottle filled with coins and another charity collecting tin both for St Luke’s Hospice.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2196213/Thief-snared-bank-workers-tried-cash-account-bag-mixed-pieces-broken-glass.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2196213/Thief-snared-bank-workers-tried-cash-account-bag-mixed-pieces-broken-glass.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2196213/Thief-snared-bank-workers-tried-cash-account-bag-mixed-pieces-broken-glass.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Recovering</i> drug addict? I don&#039;t think so. Good looking young man.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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