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Cambridgeshire Thief Rides Off with £800 Orangutan Statue
Derek Lundgren was jailed for 1 year and 11 months after CCTV showed him cycling off with a £799 orangutan statue.
- Derek Lundgren, 61, was jailed for one year and 11 months at Ipswich Magistrates' Court on Monday after admitting to stealing a £799 orangutan statue from Scotsdales Garden Centre in Horningsea on September 7.
- CCTV footage showed the 61-year-old leaving the store without paying, then placing the giant primate model across his bicycle handlebars before cycling away.
- Cambridgeshire Police confirmed Lundgren pleaded guilty to theft and breaching three suspended sentences, with PC Denzel Boachie stating, "His repeated offending has now caught up with him and he will spend time behind bars."
- Detectives confirmed the statue was never recovered, leaving it unknown what happened to the £799 ornament.
- The incident mirrors a case in Darlington where Brian Rumley and Michael O'Brien stole a £399 ornament; Rumley was jailed for 16 weeks while O'Brien received a three-month suspended sentence.
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The Independent (US)Watch shoplifter flee garden centre with stolen orangutan on his bike
CCTV footage shows the moment a prolific thief stole an orangutan statue from a garden centre before cycling away on his bike. Derek Lundgren is seen leaving the store without paying and placing the £799 giant animal figure across the handlebars of his bike in the footage. The 61-year-old, of New Road, Sawston, then cycled off from Scotsdales Garden Centre in Horningsea on 7 September, Cambridgeshire Police said. The force said he pleaded guilty…
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