Police officer accused of trying to buy £10 doughnuts for 7p in Wisbech
He's alleged to have scanned carrots instead at the self service till
Last updated 17th Nov 2020
A police officer allegedly tried to buy a £9.95 box of 12 Krispy Kreme doughnuts for 7 pence by sticking a barcode for carrots on them and going through a self-service checkout at a supermarket in Wisbech.
PC Simon Read faces a misconduct hearing over the alleged incident at Tesco Extra on 10 February this year.
Papers say his alleged breach of professional standards is so serious that dismissal would be justified''.
It is alleged that PC Read entered the supermarket while in uniform and on duty and selected a cardboard tray of 12 Krispy Kreme donuts priced at £9.95, with a barcode on.
He is said to have gone to the fruit and vegetable area and used the self-service scales to obtain a barcode sticker for carrots with a price of seven pence.
He stuck the carrot barcode on the donut tray and scanned it at a self-service checkout so that he was charged seven pence for the donuts instead of #9.95, it is claimed.
PC Read is accused of acting dishonestly and without integrity by knowingly paying seven pence for the donuts when he knew he should have paid £9.95.
Papers ahead of the two-day hearing, to take place in Peterborough from 25 November, say that PC Read's alleged behaviour brings discredit upon the police service and undermines confidence in it because a reasonable member of the public, aware of all the facts, would be justifiably appalled that a police officer had acted dishonestly and without integrity''.