(Cambridgeshire Constabulary via SWNS)
By Faye Mayern
A man has been jailed for stealing a £799 ($1,075) orangutan statue from a garden center and cycling off with it.
Derek Lundgren was jailed for stealing an orangutan statue. (Cambridgeshire Constabulary via SWNS)
Derek Lundgren, 61, took the statue from Scotsdales Garden Centre in Horningsea, Cambridgeshire, on Sept. 7.
He was captured on security camera footage leaving the store without paying before jumping on his bike, placing the giant animal figure across the handlebars and cycling off.
Lundgren, of Sawston in Cambridgeshire, pleaded guilty to theft from a shop and breaching three suspended sentences.
He was sentenced to one year and 11 months in prison at Ipswich Magistrates’ Court on Nov. 9.
PC Denzel Boachie said: “Lundgren is a prolific thief who has continued to offend despite being given previous opportunities by the courts.
“His repeated offending has now caught up with him and he will spend time behind bars.”
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