Bloke ‘steals’ almost everything from pub toilet – including soap and wall signs

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The Ship Inn pub is baffled by the theft (Picture: SWNS) A bathroom thief has left landlords in shock after he nicked almost everything from a pub loo, down to the locks on the…

A bathroom thief has left landlords in shock after he nicked almost everything from a pub loo, down to the locks on the doors.

Employees at the Ship Inn pub in Ripley, Surrey, say they were targeted late last month by a man who headed straight for the gents and didn’t come out for over an hour.

When staff went inside, they found the urinals clogged with toilet paper and everything they had bought was missing.

This included hand soap, toilet roll, hand towels, plants, lotion, and a couple of signs from the wall.

CCTV showed a man, whom staff suspect to be the culprit, with a backpack entering and leaving the premises without buying a drink.

Rebecca Laken, 46, who took over the pub around two-and-a-half years ago, said: ‘We didn’t see him come in. He went straight to the gents, and he locked himself in the cubicle.

‘He stole all the bits and pieces in the men’s toilet. It was a shock. I was really upset actually, because it was stuff that we purchased for the pub. It comes out of our pocket.

‘We try and make the pub look homely and pretty and special. To have that happen is not nice; it is very upsetting.’

The landlady says the theft happened on Wednesday, October 28, just before 6pm.

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