{"id":857754,"date":"2026-03-29T07:33:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T07:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/857754\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T07:33:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T07:33:22","slug":"bristol-burglar-caught-in-distinctive-neon-t-shirt-eating-fish-and-chips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/857754\/","title":{"rendered":"Bristol burglar caught in distinctive neon T-shirt eating fish and chips"},"content":{"rendered":"

When he was caught by police, he was eating fish and chips whilst waiting for staff members to charge his phoneBristol watch burglar caught in distinctive neon T-shirt eating fish and chips, Kent Police unedited footage<\/p>\n

A Bristol watch burglar<\/a> was caught by police due to his distinctive neon T-shirt whilst eating fish and chips and waiting for staff to charge his phone behind the counter.<\/p>\n

James Wall, 20, of Beverston Gardens, Lawrence Weston<\/a>, stole Gucci and Cartier watches in a burglary at a home in Southborough, Tunbridge Wells.<\/p>\n

He stole four watches, a diamond ring and a quantity of foreign currency during the incident, which happened at around 5.45pm on December 13.<\/p>\n

Wall verbally abused a witness who challenged his reason for being in the area following the incident, and Kent Police were called.<\/p>\n

He was driven away from the scene in a silver Vauxhall Insignia.<\/p>\n

\"James<\/p>\n

James Wall, 20.(Image: Kent Police)<\/p>\n

Kent Police said that within an hour, patrols spotted the vehicle between junctions 3 and 2 of the M25, heading anticlockwise.<\/p>\n

The car was seen to be driven dangerously, reaching speeds of almost 100mph along the hard shoulder, before it was brought to a stop near a slip road on the A2 near Wilmington, where the driver had attempted to travel the wrong way on the carriageway.<\/p>\n

A 38-year-old man was arrested at the scene in connection with driving offences and has since been released pending further investigation.<\/p>\n

A dog handler was deployed to locate Wall.<\/p>\n

He was recognised by his neon-coloured T-shirt and arrested inside a chip shop near Bexley.<\/p>\n

He was eating a portion of fish and chips while waiting for staff members to charge his phone behind the counter.<\/p>\n

The device was seized and later examined, with digital forensic analysis placing Wall at the scene of the burglary.<\/p>\n

Two jewellery boxes, two false vehicle registration plates and a jewellery cleaning cloth were found in the abandoned car by the Road Policing Unit.<\/p>\n

Appearing at Maidstone Crown Court<\/a> in January, Wall pleaded guilty to burglary and was sentenced to two years in prison on Wednesday, March 25.<\/p>\n

Investigating officer Detective Constable Celia King said: “Despite being confronted with a plethora of evidence proving he was responsible for the burglary, Wall initially refused to accept liability and laughed while watching footage from the pursuit.<\/p>\n

“The judge took into consideration the high levels of planning involved in the burglary.<\/p>\n

“As a result, Wall was handed an immediate custodial sentence.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When he was caught by police, he was eating fish and chips whilst waiting for staff members to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":857755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,30,188,393,4884,51847,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-857754","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-courts","11":"tag-crime","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-lawrence-weston","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116311307529116279","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}