Headteacher sacked for stealing £2.66 of coffee during caffeine crime spree
A head teacher has been sacked – for stealing £2.66 of coffee.
The unnamed head thought no-one at his local shop would spot him filling a regular-sized coffee cup with a large amount, but one junior high school in Japan discovered what he was doing – and the consequences were not favourable. Takasago Municipal Shoyo Junior High School, in Takasago, 30 miles from Kobe, referred its principal to police in December last year, reports the Yomiuri news site.
He allegedly poured a large coffee, worth 180 yen, or about 97p into a cup for a regular coffee – worth 110 yen, or around 59p. He was reported to police on suspicion of theft. Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office, however, said it would not prosecute. But his trauma did not end there and Hyogo Prefectural Board of Education chose to punish him themselves for his self-serve coffee misdemeanour and handed him a disciplinary dismissal.
Takasago Municipal Shoyo Junior High School (KishujiRapid/Wikimedia Commons)He confessed to pouring larger amounts of coffee than he paid for on seven occasions during the period from June to December 2023. The board was told: "I put it in by mistake the first time, but the staff didn’t tell me, so I did it because I could get the drinks at a cheaper price."
In a separate case The Mirror reported how a police station cleaner was sacked after officers filmed him stealing three spoonfuls of coffee from the canteen. Clifford Mendes, 53, was captured on a hidden camera pinching the Maxwell House granules. Police raided his home, arrested him and gave him a caution. Mr Mendes said: “It was just a few spoonfuls of coffee. I found some had gone from my jar and I just put a little bit back.
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Mr Mendes, a private sub-contractor, had worked at Tonbridge station in Kent for four years. Officers hid a small camera in the kitchen after groceries went missing. Mr Mendes, of Maidstone, was cautioned for theft in October. He said: “I just signed the caution. They never told me about anything else they thought I had taken. But now I can’t get another job.”
Police said Mr Mendes’s caution related to the theft of coffee, groceries and an officer’s shirt. Det Insp Chris Benson said: “Honesty and integrity of these employees must always be upheld. In this instance, a sub-contractor admitted to stealing property from Tonbridge police station on a number of occasions.”
And in another case a female thief dubbed a 'one woman crime wave' was banned from every single coffee shop, cafe, pub and restaurant in a city centre. Ann O’Halloran, 35, was barred from thousands of food and drink outlets in Britain's second largest city for three years after terrorising the area.
The criminal stole coats, handbags and mobile phones from revellers and targeted victims on public transport and eateries across the city. West Midlands Police said she targeted a man who was travelling on a number 10 bus from the city centre, stealing his phone and hiding it in her bra.
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