Would-be thief caught on film trying to steal a whole roast beef from Wigan carvery

By Charles Graham
Published 2nd Oct 2023, 12:30 BST
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A grinning punter tried to walk out of a Wigan eatery with whole roast beef from its carvery.

Film published on Tik-Tok shows the man lean under the heated food canopy in the cafeteria area to grab the large joint impaled on a fork while the work station is unattended.

Egged on and filmed by his laughing friends, he pushes his way through other customers and gets as far as the exit before a burly security guard intervenes and relieves him of the food.

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The grinning would-be thief with the side of beef impaled on a forkThe grinning would-be thief with the side of beef impaled on a fork
The grinning would-be thief with the side of beef impaled on a fork

Clutching a pint of beer in the other hand, the would-be-thief then walks off, still laughing.

The location of the incident isn’t given, other than it was at a local Toby Carvery, and it is alleged that the man was a Portsmouth football fan up in Wigan for his team’s match with Latics at the weekend.