Man who stole 200,000 chocolate eggs
jailed
盜竊二十萬個巧克力蛋的男子被判入獄
A man dubbed “the Easter bunny” by police has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for stealing 200,000 chocolate eggs
.
一名被警方稱為“復活節兔子”的男子因偷竊20萬個巧克力蛋被判入獄18個月。
On February 11, 32-year-old Joby Pool stole £31,000 ($40,000) worth of Cadbury Creme Eggs
, after
breaking into
an industrial unit and
making off with
the
haul
in a stolen truck, the PA Media
news agency
reported.
據 PA 媒體報道，2月11日，32歲的喬比 · 普爾(Joby Pool)偷走了價值3.1萬英鎊(約合4萬美元)的吉百利奶油巧克力蛋，此前他闖入一家工業企業，用一輛偷來的卡車偷走了這批貨物。
The milk chocolate eggs, filled with a “yolk” of yellow and white fondant, have a cult following
in the UK and are
exclusively
sold around the Easter period.
牛奶巧克力蛋，充滿了黃色和白色軟糖的“蛋黃”，在英國備受喜愛，只在復活節前後出售。
Cadbury, which is owned by US food company Mondelez International,
told CNN it sells 220 million Creme Eggs in Britain every year.
told CNN it sells 220 million Creme Eggs in Britain every year.
美國食品公司 Mondelez International 旗下的吉百利(Cadbury)告訴 CNN，它每年在英國銷售2.2億個奶油雞蛋。
According to PA, Pool was jailed by Judge Anthony Lowe for a year
and a half at Shrewsbury Crown Court on Thursday. Half of that is to be
spent in prison and the other half
and a half at Shrewsbury Crown Court on Thursday. Half of that is to be
spent in prison and the other half
on license
, with his previous six
months
months
in custody
counting toward his time
behind bars
.
據 PA 報道，普爾於週四在什魯斯伯裡刑事法庭被法官安東尼 · 洛(Anthony Lowe)判處一年半監禁。其中一半將在監獄中度過，另一半將假釋度過，他之前六個月的監禁時間將計入他在監獄中度過的時間。
Pool had previously
pleaded guilty to theft
, criminal damage and driving without insurance.
普爾此前曾承認犯有盜竊罪、刑事損害罪和無保險駕駛罪。
In an earlier
court hearing
, Pool’s then-
solicitor
John McMillan
told the court: “He stopped the vehicle when he realized he was being
followed. He realized that the game was
told the court: “He stopped the vehicle when he realized he was being
followed. He realized that the game was
up
– he realized the police were
behind him and
behind him and
pulled in
when it was safe to do so.”
在早些時候的法庭聽證會上，Pool 當時的律師 John McMillan 告訴法庭: “當他意識到自己被跟蹤時，他停下了車。他意識到遊戲結束了——他意識到警察就在他身後，在安全的時候停了下來。”
McMillan added: “He wasn’t offering any
resistance
and he was then arrested.”
麥克米蘭補充說: “他沒有提供任何反抗，然後他就被逮捕了。”
Tweeting
after the arrest, West Mercia Police said they had
“helped save Easter for Creme Egg fans” calling the incident an
“eggs-
“helped save Easter for Creme Egg fans” calling the incident an
“eggs-
travagent
theft.”
西麥西亞警方在逮捕後發推文稱，他們“幫助奶油蛋粉絲拯救了復活節”，稱這一事件為“偷竊彩蛋的行為”
關鍵詞
巧克力