this really does begger belief. I mean BandQ !!
Chelsea and England football star Glen Johnson has been fined for shoplifting a lavatory seat and a set of taps from B&Q.
The £30,000-a-week defender, currently on loan to Portsmouth, was spotted by security guards removing the seat from its packaging.
He was then seen to put it in the box of a cheaper version with the help of Millwall's Ben May on Wednesday at about 5.30pm.
The pair, both 22, were also seen to hide an expensive set of tap fittings under an upturned sink on their trolley.
Police arrested the footballers at the store in Dartford after they had paid for the cheaper seat and the sink. They were taken to the manager's office were they were shown CCTV pictures of their actions.
A worker at the store said: "We all recognised Johnson."
He added that nobody could believe the star would be "moronic" enough to steal the items. The pair were both given onthe-spot fines of £80.
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I always see those two around Dartford, mainly in the Litten Tree and up at Goals on a Wednesday (with Johnson's massive SUV).
They actually play 5 a side which i am sure their clubs would love to know...
Let's hope to hear "there's only one shoplifter" and "where's you're toilet seat" on Saturday
Can't see his career going down the pan though...
i used to see anton ferdinand down catford powerleague at times, the tackles that go on down there west ham would not like to know.
or a bit of pink floyd...
'all in all you're just a..
nother thief from the wall'
millwallist!
Sure, no doubt it was "a dare", "a laugh", but what does it say about the type of people our footballers are that they think theft is a bit of fun. I don't suppose anyone on here would even think of doing what they are supposed to have done - or would they? - but because they're loaded they think it's a laugh and that they will get away with it. (And all whilst pocketing tens of thousands of pounds a week whilst we - collectively, not just CAFC - pay more and more for the "privilege" to watch them play)
Scumbag filth.
What do you lot think?
Reality cheque
There's a paralell here with those insurance companies who have suddenly found out that their investment funds are worth (billions) more than they thought and are therefore planning on giving the money to shareholders rather than the customers who have been suffering crap returns on their investments. With all this extra cash flying around you can bet your life that we (in the collective sense) wont see any of it by way of price freezes or, perish the thought, reductions!
In fact if football had not intervened, who knows, it might well have been their career of choice.
In my opinion, being a highly paid footballer, lawyer or doctor, doesn't alter your physcological profile. You are either capable of doing such things, or you aren't.
I wonder how many people are thinking "£80 fine. We'll if I get away with it 9 times out of 10 I'm still quids in".
I thougght the idea of an on-the-spot fine was for minor cases of D&D, kids being a bit lary etc which weren't worth tieing up the police and courts with but which put you're name on file for next time not shoplifting.
You're right about the clubs of course, and the FA. What is "bringing the game into disrepute" if this isn't it???
I'm all for people being held accountable for their own individual actions, in just about everything.