Jeremy Clarkson has hit out a shoplifter who was caught brazenly stealing cans of his specialty Gin in a Tin from his Diddly Squat farm shop yesterday.
Clarkson in police mode
The former Top Gear host, who opened the Cotswolds-based store in 2020, shared CCTV footage of the thief in the store, telling his fans ‘this man came “shopping” at the farm shop’, adding that he would ‘like to meet the cu.’
The video shows a bearded man, dressed in a black long-sleeve top, black gilet and black cap, casually taking a bottle of what appears to be 50c bottle of Diddly Squat Farm Gin in a Tin – that sells for £41 and comes in three different flavours.
The thief is then seen shoving the dark pink tin, suggesting it is the Juniper, Beetroot, Apple and Dill flavoured booze, into his pocket before veering around the shop.
He then takes another item, that appears to be either a £5 chutney or honey that costs £16.50, into his coat before strolling back around the store, pretending to look interested in its other products, while another man stands at the till.
Police reports…
Police said the two men arrived and left in the same car. While one man went to the counter and bought £69-worth of goods, the other man wearing the cap stole two bottles of alcohol and another unknown item, worth around £80.
The men entered the famous farm at around 4.15pm on Tuesday afternoon. After taking the goods they then left the shop, jumped in a vehicle and drove of in the direction of Burford, West Oxfordshire.
A close up image posted on the farm’s Instagram of the second man involved shows him holding a jar of what appears to be honey or chutney as he speaks with the man wearing the cap.
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Police informed they are investigating the incident following the report of shoplifting. Clarkson fans were quick to comment on the post.
One said: ‘Where’s security when you need them?’
A second joked: ‘When you steal from someone who has 6.7million followers and get caught on camera.’
While a third added: ‘People actually think cameras do not exist.’
Strolling away from his troubles..
Seemingly stepping away from his trouble at the farm, Clarkson was seen strolling through London’s Notting Hill today, cheerily waving at fans he passed in the street.
The exploding cider came weeks after Clarkson won his battle with West Oxfordshire District Council to provide more car parking at his Diddly Squat farm.
The TV star had been locked in a bitter row with the council for more than a year after it refused to grant permission for him to extend the shop’s parking facilities.
Lack of parking space for visitors resulted in long queues of cars being left on the side of country roads causing boggy mounds and damaging land.
It triggered outrage among some locals in the leafy village of Chadlington.
But finally in June the council gave way for the extension and for change of use of the land.
Proposals to add a restaurant onto the popular site, however, were turned down.
