A prolific shoplifter has finally felt the weight of the law – after an armed policeman chased him down using a teenager’s bicycle.
The officer was running after thief Phillip Padgett, 32, following reports he had stolen steaks from a supermarket in South Shields, Tyneside.
Police scrambled to the scene on June 7 after receiving reports of a man acting aggressively at the store on Stanhope Road.
The dramatic pursuit was caught on bodycam footage, which showed the officer struggling to keep up with the perpetrator as he fled through an estate.
As the thief appeared to be getting away, the officer quickly stopped
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