MARK GILBERT - THIEF!

Mark Gilbert - thief.

Self-confessed thief Mark Gilbert, 39, stole a cheque from the flooring firm where he worked and cashed it for holiday spending money.

But when his boss Simon Cremer discovered the theft he and three other workers bound Mr Gilbert's hands and marched him through a town centre to a police station wearing a sign which said: "THIEF I stole £845, am on my way to police station". (Mark Gilbert)

Now it is Mr Cremer who faces sharges while Mark Gilbert, the thief, has got off with a police caution - and is planning to sue his former boss for "humiliation and upset" after being disowned by his family!

Simon Cremer was stunned after learning he would be the one who was arrested and said he could not believe he may face charges while his former employee received a caution.

"It's terrible. This is a guy who is a proven thief, he stole a cheque, forged a signature and took money by deception, surely there's enough to charge him there but no, he's been let off with a caution, I will sue him, I'm not going to take this, if you steal from someone it's criminal."

Mr Cremer, from Little Maplestead, Essex, said he would do the same thing all over again, especially given Mr Gilbert's caution."I don't regret my action, the fact I tied his hands is the only bit I regret, as time has dragged on I have been worried about what will happen to me, it has been weighing on my mind. It's ironic that he's the thief and he's got off and I've still got this worry hanging over me."

Mark Gilbert says that even he was surprised when his boss was arrested: "They frogmarched me to the police station. I was so relieved. They (police) took me round the back and said "You've got a bigger case against them...I thought "hang on I'm the criminal here."

And that just about says it all where the REAL priorities of the police are concerned!

As far as they're concerned only criminals are to be helped while decent people are to be criminalised - they don't realise that that is the attitude which makes decent people like Simon Cremer take the law into their own hands - because the law has betrayed them so much it's all they have left!

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