David Beckham lookalike hunted by police after theft from builders’ merchant
4 November 2022, 06:28
Police want to trace a man who bears more than a passing resemblance to David Beckham after a theft from a builders’ merchant.
Hertfordshire police posted a CCTV image on Twitter of the man they want to trace, who is suspected of stealing items from the shop in Bishop’s Stortford on October 21.
Police wrote: “Do you recognise this man? He could help with our inquiries following a theft from a builders' merchants in #BishopsStortford.
“On Friday 21 October, building materials were stolen from the shop.
“If you have any info, please email Kelly.Newton@herts.police.uk quoting 41/85532/22.”
Do you recognise this man? He could help with our inquiries following a theft from a builders' merchants in #BishopsStortford. On Friday 21 October, building materials were stolen from the shop. If you have any info, please email Kelly.Newton@herts.police.uk quoting 41/85532/22. pic.twitter.com/3NufR6Xdiu
— Herts Police 🔥🎆 (@HertsPolice) November 2, 2022
In 2019 a lookalike of Friends actor David Schwimmer was jailed.
A CCTV image of Abdulah Husseini, 36, clutching a crate of beer went viral after police posted it in an appeal to trace him in October that year.
He had used a stolen bank card to make fraudulent purchases in Blackpool.
He was jailed for nine months.
A twitter post of him went viral with more than 11m shares as they pointed out the likeness to actor Mr Schwimmer.
Schwimmer responded with a tongue-in-cheek video on Twitter and Instagram in which he walked through a shop furtively glancing at a camera clutching cans of beer.
"Officers, I swear it wasn't me," he said in an accompanying post.
