It's to be hoped a hungry shoplifter at least blew on the pie before he tried to hide it down his pants. At 10.35pm, a 49-year-old man tried to steal $13 worth of items from the Regent Rd store by putting them in his jacket and walking out. Half an hour later, a 20-year-old man was seen putting two pies in one pie bag, and then eating one of the pies while in line waiting to pay. He made no attempt to pay for the pie he ate. Twenty minutes after that, pies were targeted again, this time by a 21-year-old man who put a pie down his pants and tried to walk out of the store.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 17, 2021 22:34 UTC