The court heard how he approached police with his hands up when he was caught. Full story (and some awful egg puns):
A man who stole 200,000 Cadbury Creme Eggs, causing a police panic about Easter, has been convicted in court.
Pool, 32, used a stolen lorry with false plates to snatch a trailer containing the eggs from an industrial unit in Telford on Saturday, Kidderminster Magistrates' Court heard., leading West Mercia Police to say its officers - hunting someone "presumably purporting to be the Easter bunny" - had "saved Easter".At court on Tuesday, Pool, from Dewsbury Road, Tingley, near Leeds, pleaded guilty to criminal damage and theft.
Police said Pool had used a metal grinder to get through the gates of the industrial unit from where he stole the eggs and other varieties of chocolate.Mr Beale said: "He gave up at junction 11 and walked towards the police with his hands up - he was arrested and the load was recovered."Magistrates were told Pool had previous convictions in 2019 for similar offences including theft, handling stolen goods and driving while disqualified.
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