# Prolific thief jailed after stealing £799 orangutan statue from garden centre

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/im-the-king-of-the-stealers-prolific-thief-jailed-for-stealing-800-orangutan-statue-from-garden-centre-before-cycling-off/
- Published: 2026-11-12T14:15:06+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T14:32:53+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16286753/Im-king-stealers-Prolific-thief-jailed-stealing-800-orangutan-statue-garden-centre-cycling-off.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Thief jailed for nearly two years over garden-centre statue theft.
- The orangutan figure was valued at £799.
- The statue has not been recovered.

## Summary

Derek Lundgren, 61, has been jailed for one year and 11 months after stealing an orangutan statue from a Cambridgeshire garden centre and cycling away with it. The case matters because Lundgren had continued offending despite previous court sentences, and his latest theft also breached three suspended sentences.

CCTV showed Lundgren leaving Scotsdales Garden Centre in Horningsea on 7 September with the £799 ornament, which he carried across his bicycle’s handlebars. He pleaded guilty to theft from a shop and the sentence was imposed at Ipswich Magistrates’ Court; the statue has not been recovered. Police described him as a prolific thief.

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