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    Default Call centre worker arrested for taking biscuits in the office


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    Working the night shift in a call centre, Michael Campbell thought no one would mind if he helped himself to a biscuit tin in the office.
    However, the £7 Marks & Spencer selection box belonged to colleague Pamela Harrison, who on returning to work the following day realised her shortbreads had been swiped.
    CCTV footage in the office block was duly examined and Campbell, 27, was identified as the culprit. The technical support worker was then arrested.
    Now Campbell, who thought the biscuits had been bought by bosses for communal use, has been ordered by Newcastle magistrates to repay the cost of the biscuits and pay £150 court costs. He was also given a 12-month conditional discharge.
    Campbell, who was sacked after the incident from billing service firm Convergys, initially denied the charge of theft but changed his plea to guilty at a hearing on Thursday.
    Ms Harrison said in a statement read to the court that taking the biscuits from her desk had invaded her privacy.
    She said: ‘I'm disappointed that someone who is working as a work colleague finds the need to prowl around people's personal space and take items which, though of low value, can make someone feel insecure.’
    The city's magistrates agreed, despite pleas for leniency from Campbell's defence solicitor over the December 9, 2009, offence.
    Chairman of the bench Lesley Pyrah told him: ‘What you did was a breach of trust and there is no excuse for a breach of trust.
    ‘There is also no excuse for a late guilty plea when you could have pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity and you didn't.’
    Jeff Smith, defending Campbell, said: ‘When I was doing my training I hardly thought I'd have to appear in a courtroom over something like this.
    ‘I know you can say that theft is theft, but it is tragic that someone like Mr Campbell should lose his good character over this.
    ‘He hasn't been before the courts before and he won't be before the courts again in the future.’
    After the hearing, Campbell, of Wallsend, Tyne And Wear, told of his disbelief at being prosecuted for the offence and said he is now in training to become a bar manager.
    He said: 'It's totally stupid. £157 for one box of biscuits. I thought they were from the company but they were actually from a person who had brought them in.
    'I work in a pub now where I am trusted with the keys. I am not a dishonest person.'

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    some people...just can't take a small shlt and take if to court... sad... di nalang gyud manghatag... nice to be filipino in this story...where pa-ilis lang ta sa gi-kaon..

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    ka graveh pod ani ui.. if ako si pamela, i wouldn't mind if someone would indulge on my food in my absence, gigutom gud ang tawo and pila ra man pod na ang food... so sad for charles...
    "People who love to eat are always the BEST people."
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    ^gai ta pagkaon mam beh.... LOLs...

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    ahaha. for just a biscuit. naabot tawn sa korte.. ahaka!
    there was misunderstanding pud baya. tuo sad tawn na sa company to.
    gipadako lang jud ang issue. maypa iya nalang gipailisan ang biscuit.
    kahangulan sad aning pamela.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kit_cebu View Post
    ^gai ta pagkaon mam beh.... LOLs...
    cge ali hehehe

    ^^ sus if si charles ka workmate nako, buhong jud sya nako bsag d pa na sya mananghid.. every wkend, grocery ko para stocks sa locker nako, food for all... basta everybody's happy lang gud
    "People who love to eat are always the BEST people."
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    ^that explains the "aping"... LOLs...

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    Quote Originally Posted by kit_cebu View Post
    ^that explains the "aping"... LOLs...
    OT: waaaaaaaaaahhh alaskador jud ka kitzzz... *kurot chubby cheeks nimo pod*

    ^^next time, pamela should label her stuffs if d sya gaano generous
    "People who love to eat are always the BEST people."
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    tu-ara! grabeha ani oi. hangul!

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    ing ana diay na sa gawas? dli pwede makig share? hehe

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