Police in Devon are hunting a man who repeatedly knelt behind a supermarket shelf stacker to smell his bottom.

The man was caught on CCTV creeping up on the unsuspecting worker at least 20 times as he stacked shelves at a Co-op store in Plymouth. The footage shows him pretending to chose items from shelves before suddenly crouching down behind the employee.

The offences only came to light when the employee became suspicious and informed his manager who checked the in-store security video. The victim - who cannot be named for legal reasons - said: "I had no idea what was going on. I thought it was all a bit strange. I was shocked and I couldn't believe he was in the aisle for that long."

DC Steve White of Plymouth police, said: "We are treating this incident very seriously and we would appeal to the public's help in tracking down this man.  It is a bizarre incident and the shop was full of people. Someone must have seen the man and could well help us identify him."

Probably still smells better than Brut...


Choosing someone on the sprout, beans, and egg diet was a mistake...

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