Watch shop staff sit on thief

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This is the moment that staff at a shop in Telford caught a thief . . . by sitting on him.

Russell Calvert, from Dawley, had stolen a hand-held computer from PC Stop in Arleston a few days earlier but was recognised by shop staff when he returned.

Calvert walked free from court with a suspended sentence.

Read the full court case here

Shop owner Waheed Iqbal has put this footage up on YouTube.

The video below shows the original shoplifting offence.

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