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Thief steals urinal from city pub

Police are on the hunt for a thief who stole a urinal from a pub in Hampshire.

The man is thought to have spent 40 minutes removing the white toilet bowl after ordering half a pint at the Royal Oak pub in Southampton.

He then stuffed the urinal in a rucksack and left the pub making sure he wiped his fingerprints off the door as he went.

But his exploits were caught on CCTV and after reviewing the tape landlord Alan Dreja handed it over to police.

"It's unbelievable," said Mr Dreja, 46, who has been landlord at the Royal Oak in Houndwell Place for two years.



'Professional job'

His wife Suzie Dreja added: "We were stunned as he did it at about 5pm.

"He had wandered in and ordered half a pint of Fosters, took a few sips and went into the toilet a few times.

"He did a very professional job. He turned off the stop cock and capped off the pipe.

"Our staff had thought we had taken it off for repair and it was not until the evening we noticed.

"After we realised, we looked at the CCTV and saw him go in with a flat rucksack and come out with it bulging. He actually wiped his fingerprints off the door as he left."

A spokesman for Hampshire police said: "It is a very unusual theft and we would like to speak to the man captured on the CCTV.

"It was clearly a very professional job," he added.

BBC News

LMAO, the funniest part of all that,is that the censor has tunred the word stopc0ck into stop penis lol

How much do urinals cost,must be expensive if this guy wud go to all that trouble to nick a pissy urinal

lmfa y would any 1 want 2 rob a urinal.

lol i no ye, think about hundreds/millions of peeps peein in that bowl which he jst stuck in his sack an left haha. neva know wot he mite catch. Thats quite funni

worth a mint them things, especially if there quite old and in good nick.

Taking the piss!!!!

Thats just cheesey that Scoop! But funny nevetheless lmao!

Hes handed himself in:

Sky News

Pmsl i'll paste wot it said as its quite funny the reason he took it!

Relief For Male Customers
Updated: 14:36, Tuesday January 09, 2007

A man who stole a urinal from a pub toilet has handed himself in, police have said.

The 42-year-old went to Salisbury police station - with the urinal - and was given a caution.

He told officers he had taken the toilet from the Royal Oak pub in Southampton, Hampshire, last month as a "souvenir".

He went into the pub, ordered half a pint of lager, and then spent 40 minutes removing the white toilet bowl from the wall.