A man faces jail time after using a stolen lorry cab to take a trailer loaded with almost 200,000 Cadbury Creme Eggs.
Joby Pool, whose lorry on false plates was dubbed 'the Easter Bunny' by West Mercia Police, is expected to be jailed next month after he pleaded guilty to theft and criminal damage. Magistrates sitting in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, heard how the 32-year-old used a metal grinder to break into an industrial unit on Saturday before driving off with the confectionaries worth more than £31,000.
The court also heard how Pool, from West Yorkshire, had previous convictions for a similar offence which was dealt with at Derby Crown Court in 2019. Opening the facts of the case on Tuesday, prosecutor Owen Beale told magistrates: “I don’t know if you have seen the news recently – there was a load that was stolen and on the trailer was Cadbury’s products – a large number of Creme Eggs.
