Video shows thieves swiping £399 gorilla ornament from Darlington Indoor Market

Gorilla statue thieves thwarted minutes after stealing £399 ornament from market

Two thieves were caught on CCTV stealing a large garden gorilla ornament from an indoor market in Darlington last Tuesday (25 March). Brian Rumley, 50, of no fixed abode, and Michael O’Brien, 52, of Arcadia Court, Darlington, stole the ornament, worth £399, from one of the stalls before fleeing with the gorilla to a flat just off Skinnergate. Darlington Borough Council CCTV operators spotted the pair, who alerted police. Officers apprehended the…

CCTV captures bizarre theft of life-size ornament as cops troll crooks with drumming gorilla soundtrack

This is the bizarre moment two crooks were caught on CCTV stealing a life-size GORILLA ornament from a market stall - before being hilariously trolled by cops.

Bungling thieves snatch life-size gorilla statue in bizarre burglary

This is the bizarre moment two crooks were caught on CCTV stealing a life-size GORILLA ornament from a market stall - before being hilariously trolled by cops.

Video shows thieves swiping £399 gorilla ornament from Darlington Indoor Market

Brian Rumley and Michael O’Brien broke into Darlington Indoor Market at around 11.30pm last Tuesday (March 25) and stole the statue, worth £399.

A strange and unusual robbery occurred on March 25th inside Darlington Market, England. The incident occurred late in the morning, when a guy entered the compound and left it with the plastic gorilla that was occupied as a decoration of the place, where another criminal was waiting for him to take the object. All this was recorded in security cameras, which were vital to finding the whereabouts of the individuals involved in the event. “They wer…

Moment thieves steal heavy gorilla ornament from indoor market

The pair were later arrested after police officers found the ornament in a bedroom.