Moment police officer tells thief ‘You’re being a sausage!’ as he chases him on e-bike before arresting him for ‘a THOUSAND shopliftings’

A Hampshire police officer arrested repeat shoplifter James McMurray after chasing him on an e-bike through Southampton. The incident matters because the pursuit ended a series of thefts worth more than £3,300 and led to a prison sentence.

Body-camera footage shows McMurray, 38, cycling through a red light into traffic before the officer caught up with him in a public garden on 22 October. Police found stolen goods in his bag; he was charged with 42 shoplifting offences and possessing crack cocaine and heroin. McMurray admitted the offences and was jailed for a year, with £272 in costs and surcharge.