Butcher gets the chop for stealing a ton of meat
An employee at a Bedfordshire meat company who stole meat worth thousands of pounds escaped going to prison on Monday, June 27, 2022.
Instead, Piotr Selonke from Poland, was given a suspended sentence and told he must pay £2,400 to his former employers, York House Meat Company in Potton.
At Luton Crown Court the 36-year-old pleaded guilty to two offences of theft of meat dating back to 2018.
Recorder Ross Johnson, hearing the case, heard that Selonke, who had worked at the company between September 11 and November 2, of that year, arranged for a man to drive to the plant where, on a number of occasions, “good quality meat” was then loaded into his van.
The court was told that on November 1, 2018, the driver was stopped with £6000 worth of meat and Selonke was arrested soon afterwards.
The van driver had attended the plant on eight occasions between September and the beginning of November.
Although meat had not been transported away from the plant on every visit, the court was told, on at least four occasions it had been.
Recorder Johnson said it was likely the total value of the meat taken could have been in the region of £20,000 to £24,000.
Selonke, of Lime Tree Corner, Cranfield, lost his job at the plant as a consequence of his thieving.
Bedfordshire Bulletin
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