British cops eat pizzas that were evidence in torture case

Posted by Chris Spags
I’m no lawyer, but I do know that when you have a piece of evidence about a new case, you probably shouldn’t eat it. Unfortunately, a crew of British police officers didn’t compute that same notion when they purchased two pizzas from a delivery boy that were initially intended for suspects in a torture case.
Prosecutors say that Hertfordshire police bought two pizzas from a delivery man from Domino’s at a discounted rate after he was unable to drop the pizzas off with the house that ordered them.
The house that ordered them were a gang who were suspects in the kidnapping and gruesome torture of a local drug dealer. The reason no one was in the house was because they fled the scene prior to police arrived, but not before ordering pizza.
The pizza boxes had the suspects’ address, time they were ordered, and cell phone number printed on a label on them.
It is unclear if the pizzas were evidence-destroyingly delicious or not.
I understand that, as a cop, you should be more cautious with potential evidence (and probably focus on your job on the scene instead of trying to rip off delivery boys). But what would the pizzas really tell them about the suspects? “Oh, the criminals like anchovies…they must have moved to 1349 Derbyham Lane! Good work, detectives!”
That said, any time your police work sounds like a scene in a movie in which Chris Farley plays an in-over-his-head detective working his first stakeout, it may be time to find a new line of work.
Blundering police ‘ate court evidence’ after buying pizzas meant for torture suspects [Telegraph]
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