to wonder why someone would take a Faberge egg to the pub?

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Man jailed for stealing handbag that contained £2.2m Fabergé egg - BBC News

To wonder why anyone would take a Fabergé egg with them to the pub? Obviously it was a horrendous crime for the man to take the bag and he deserves to go to prison, but what would possess someone to take a bag containing such a valuable artifact to a pub, in Soho no less?

It's like something from a comedy/crime/drama movie isn't it!

The mind boggles.

Beyond daft. Ridiculously careless given the value of it. Who on earth takes an object that valuable to a pub, and why was there no security procedure etc agreed and adhered to?

Never go out without mine

It’s bonkers isn’t it. Leave it at home, probably best in a safe; it’s not a very pretty Faberge egg!

I was so surprised she was still employed, gross misconduct straight off, surely.

Opportunist....but ends up with a faberge egg...?
mind boggling

Imagine stealing something and expecting to pick up cash, perhaps a ton, if you’re lucky. Then finding you’re stuck with a Fabergé egg. That would just be a nuisance, wouldn’t it? Not something you could get rid of easily. Nightmare.

I couldn't stop laughing at this. Utterly bonkers

I find it very hard to believe that someone entrusted to look after such valuable items could also be so utterly stupid.

Many questions! Wtf was she doing standing outside, the bag between her feet? Why not take the damn thing home safely?

Why did insurance only pay out £106k if the egg was worth £2m?

Was she sacked?

insanity!

No, but he clearly sold it on somewhere and it hasn’t been recovered!

Insane

Although we arent talking your local pub, it was in Central London 😄

Still, if youre placing a bag containing a fabrige egg on the floor, you do need to give your head a wobble sorry

Sounded to me like a dodgy insurance claim 😂

err yeah my bag got nicked, I want £200 for the bag, £50 for my wallet and £100grand for my faberge egg I never leave home without

It was borrowed for a work event.
Presume whoever supplied it should have collected or arranged collection/security.
Perhaps this woman had to continue work by entertaining/organising something at this pub after the main event. I didn't read that far into it story

But for how much, I wonder. You’d have to know people and presumably accept very much less than it’s worth and less than it would get passed on for. Admittedly my knowledge of this is based on Edgar Wallace books that I’ve not read for years. But you couldn’t take it to your usual, er, fence, could you? Or if you did, you’d be expecting them to get rid of this nuisance for you pretty sharpish. Unless it’s just tucked away somewhere.

Management must have known she took it hence she still has her job.

Why did insurance only pay out £106k if the egg was worth £2m?

probs invalidated by the whole in bag left on floor thing.

If the egg was made of gold and gemstones, maybe it was broken up. More chance of selling scrap gold than finding a casual buyer for a faberge egg..?

Inside the £1,600 bag was an emerald-encrusted Fabergé egg and Fabergé watch, a £1,500 Apple laptop and AirPods, a £350 store voucher, keys, three bank cards, £200 worth of make-up, a Mulberry card holder worth £150 and £20 in cash.

Who puts a designer handbag on the floor let alone in a pub smoking area… and with over £2m worth of loot in it? She’s either thick as mince or a criminal mastermind.

I wouldn’t even put my own handbag, that obviously would never have a £2.2m Faberge egg in it, on the floor between my legs outside a Soho pub cos of bloody thieves, so what on earth was she thinking 🤯

But they couldn't have authorised her to take it to the pub? Maybe they did and that's the reason she still has a job. But any other job you take stuff offsite at your own risk.

@driftingdownintomiami surely they had to because as you say why on earth would she still have a job?

Maybe they let her keep her job because their insurance claim must have been predicated on their employee not being negligent.

I guess they lost out big time; and now they’re stuck with her. Or she has ‘connections’.

Bet there were a few KitKats in there as well!

It wasn't just on the pub floor, she took it out with her to have a cig in the smoking area and put it between her feet!! A Fabergé egg. In a fag area, on the floor.

I cannot believe she has kept her job.

she was carrying it from an event wasn’t sure? Why on earth was a security firm not used, it’s bizarre!