BRITISH pharmacy worker, Simon Hodgetts, has been caught out by his own web of lies.
The Birmingham-based 38-year-old faked a burglary at the pharmacy he worked in on 02 Mar 2021, in an effort to cover his tracks having stolen cash from the store.
Hodgetts told his manager that he had discovered the break-in when he arrived to open the store and called police.
A hearing of Birmingham Crown Court was told that while there had been some damage to the store's shutters and the door had come off it appeared that it had been done from the inside.
The Court heard that Hodgett told police that at around 7.15am there had been a knock on the door of the pharmacy and he was confronted by a man with a gun demanding to be let in, Birmingham Live reported.
However, he was busted when he changed his story for a third time during a police interview, with his lawyer noting his lack of consistency was his undoing.
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