"Given the demanding nature of a uniform officer's role, if he was able to work his shift he was clearly not so impacted by tiredness that he could have failed to realise the need to pay for the baguette."
"Commander Katie Lilburn, who chaired a gross misconduct panel, said his conduct in plain sight was reprehensible due to the scale and depth of theft suffered by retailers."
"Fyfe was identified from the footage. In interview under caution, he admitted taking the food and not paying but denied stealing it, claiming that his failure to pay was a brain fart oversight caused by a lack of sleep."
PC David Fyfe was caught on CCTV stealing a tuna baguette from Pret a Manger at Wood Green shopping centre in north London. He entered the store in uniform with a colleague, selected the sandwich from the display, and left without paying. A Pret employee witnessed the incident and reported it to another officer. Fyfe admitted taking the food but denied stealing, claiming sleep deprivation caused an oversight. Commander Katie Lilburn's misconduct panel rejected this explanation, finding his conduct reprehensible and intentional. The panel determined that if Fyfe was fit to work his shift, he was capable of remembering to pay. Rather than face dismissal, Fyfe resigned after his long service with the Metropolitan Police.
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