Cash machine incident at Sainsbury's (From Basingstoke Gazette)
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Image of suspect from theft at Sainsbury's in Basingstoke
4:24pm Monday 24th September 2012 in Local
The man police would like to speak to about someone else's cash
POLICE have released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to in connection with a theft at a Basingstoke supermarket.
Shortly before 10.30am on Saturday, September 8, a man used the cash machine outside Sainsbury ’s in Hatch Warren, Basingstoke, to withdraw some money. However, he walked away before taking his cash from the machine.
When he realised his mistake, he went back to the machine but the money had gone.
Police officers say that CCTV footage from the shop appears to show a man who was near the cash machine when the man made his transaction, taking the money from the machine and not making any attempt to give it back to the victim.
The man is then seen to walk off towards the bus stop.
PC Glen Spierling said: “This seems to have been an opportunistic theft; the man seen taking the money did have an opportunity to call out to the victim, but did not.
“Saturday mornings are usually very busy at this location so someone may have seen something or may recognise the man in this CCTV image.”
Anyone with any information is asked to contact PC Spierling at Basingstoke Police Station on 101 or call the charity Crimestoppers line on 0800 555 111 where information can be left anonymously.
Comments(12)
HC1
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10:15am Tue 25 Sep 12
On the other hand you have got to lay the blame at the Idiots hands who done the transaction and then walked off without taking his own money. He should take it on the chin and accept he has been a doughnut!
Hector2004
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12:51pm Tue 25 Sep 12
robertspet8
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1:47pm Tue 25 Sep 12
Hector2004 wrote:It just seems that way because the times when people chase after the rightful owners to reunite them them with their cash are not reported.
It's unfortunate that dishonest and selfish people now out-number the good.
But you are not the only one to have this opinion - the lost property offices of train and bus companies are full of valuables which honest people have handed in but remain unclaimed by the owners because they share your jaundiced view of society.
Quimbo
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1:56pm Tue 25 Sep 12
Mrs G of bstoke
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3:06pm Tue 25 Sep 12
/short memory/Amnesia by dishing out their own cash to dishonest members of the public?! It may have been his last bit of money to get groceries with and he may have gone home and cried about it. What if you were a fly on the wall at his house, would you all be laughing and rubbing your hands together? It is theft however you look at it! If someone fraudulently withdrew money from someones bank account they'd be arrested, sadly this man did the transaction on the machine so did the hard bit for the theif! Hope they catch him.
Hector2004
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3:40pm Tue 25 Sep 12
Folkestone Saint
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4:36pm Tue 25 Sep 12
lovemychildren
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5:12pm Tue 25 Sep 12
Good to see some of us are still decent people and share the same view.
Mrs G of bstoke
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5:21pm Tue 25 Sep 12
W Wallace
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9:44am Wed 26 Sep 12
It is down right dishonest, morally wrong and who ever pocketed the cash should be ashamed and guilt ridden. However as they said this was probably an opportunist whom I hope is sat at home thinking abouthis/her actions.
Mrs G of bstoke
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2:15pm Wed 26 Sep 12
W Wallace wrote:I agree! (apart from the milking it bit! ;-p )
OK Mrs G no need to milk it :D It is down right dishonest, morally wrong and who ever pocketed the cash should be ashamed and guilt ridden. However as they said this was probably an opportunist whom I hope is sat at home thinking abouthis/her actions.
shame says...
7:44pm Mon 24 Sep 12