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| Estate agent sacked for 'stealing chocolate bar' during viewing | Estate agent sacked for 'stealing chocolate bar' during viewing |
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| An estate agent was sacked after being caught on camera apparently stealing a bar of chocolate while showing a client around a flat. | An estate agent was sacked after being caught on camera apparently stealing a bar of chocolate while showing a client around a flat. |
| The outgoing tenant of the flat in Walthamstow, east London, was testing the motion-activated camera, which he intended to use in his new home. | The outgoing tenant of the flat in Walthamstow, east London, was testing the motion-activated camera, which he intended to use in his new home. |
| Jon Charter said it felt like "a complete betrayal". | |
| Your Move Sterling & Co said the employee in question no longer worked for them. | |
| The footage, recorded on Friday, shows a viewer walking ahead of the agent, who is at the door of the room where the camera is placed. | The footage, recorded on Friday, shows a viewer walking ahead of the agent, who is at the door of the room where the camera is placed. |
| The agent is then seen coming back into the room, taking the bar of chocolate and putting it in his coat pocket. | The agent is then seen coming back into the room, taking the bar of chocolate and putting it in his coat pocket. |
| Mr Charter said: "I set up the camera so that they would all be working when we moved to our new house. | |
| "I got alerted by email that there was movement and sound in my flat and it starts recording remotely straight away. | "I got alerted by email that there was movement and sound in my flat and it starts recording remotely straight away. |
| "I then started to watch this and saw the theft. I felt it was a complete betrayal and wondered what else could have happened to others and myself previously." | "I then started to watch this and saw the theft. I felt it was a complete betrayal and wondered what else could have happened to others and myself previously." |
| He said the agent later apologised via text message, claiming that he had been suffering from dizziness and needed the sugar in the chocolate bar. | He said the agent later apologised via text message, claiming that he had been suffering from dizziness and needed the sugar in the chocolate bar. |
| Manish Somani, director of Your Move Sterling & Co said: "We are very serious about the protection of our reputation and brand. | Manish Somani, director of Your Move Sterling & Co said: "We are very serious about the protection of our reputation and brand. |
| "Therefore as soon as we were made aware of this incident action was taken and the employee is no longer working for us. | "Therefore as soon as we were made aware of this incident action was taken and the employee is no longer working for us. |
| "We have also apologised to both the tenant and landlord for this unfortunate incident. The landlord has fully accepted this apology and the tenant has accepted a payment as a goodwill gesture for both the chocolate bar and any inconvenience caused." | "We have also apologised to both the tenant and landlord for this unfortunate incident. The landlord has fully accepted this apology and the tenant has accepted a payment as a goodwill gesture for both the chocolate bar and any inconvenience caused." |