By Chris Wright
We’re not sure if he ever truly attained ‘cult hero’ status so we’re simply going to press ahead with ‘former Liverpool full-back’ Andrea Dossena was arrested yesterday on suspicion of shoplifting.
According to the Liverpool Echo, the 33-year-old Italian defender, who currently plays for Leyton Orient in League One, was nabbed along with a 31-year-old woman (believed to be his girlfriend) after allegedly enjoying a spot of five-finger discount at Harrods, of all places!
The pair were arrested at the famous Knightsbridge department store on Tuesday afternoon.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police confirmed that officers were called to the store on Brompton Road yesterday, saying:
“Police arrested a 33-year-old male and a 31-year-old woman on April 7 on suspicion of shoplifting at Harrods.”
“They were taken to a west London police station.
“Both the man and woman have been bailed to a date in late April, pending further enquiries.”
Now there’s a headline we weren’t expecting to write today.
UPDATE: Dossena has broken the silence, claiming that he was stopped by store security after an honest oversight saw him forget to pay for a jar of honey.
Dossena is quoted by the Guardian as saying:
“I was in Harrods with my wife and my son for some shopping and I forgot to pay a honey jar and some sliced meats we had previously ordered.
“While exiting the shop unaware of my oversight, I was stopped by security guards [who] then called the police as a standard routine procedure.
“As I wasn’t carrying with me any identity documents at the time, I was asked to go to the nearest police station in order to be identified after which I left and went back home.”
So there you go. Drama over.
(Via Liverpool Echo)