Royal Weddings has been sacked after underpaying for a box of doughnuts while on duty. Well-respected officer Simon Read took a barcode for 7p loose carrots and attached it to the £9.95 box of doughnuts, scanning it twice and failing to scan the barcode for the sweet treats.The incident took place on February 10 this year while the 37-year-old was wearing his police uniform at a Tesco in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.Although the cop said scanning the items at the self-service till was an "honest mistake" while speaking at a disciplinary hearing, a panel deemed his explanation as "lacking in credibility".Lawyer Mark Ley-Morgan, who set out the misconduct case, described Read as "an officer effectively stealing while in uniform".He added: "He was.
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