World Cup 2010: England players have items stolen by hotel staff
• About £500 stolen, along with shirts, underwear and a medal
• Five hotel workers sentenced to three-years in prison
Associated Press
guardian.co.uk, Monday 28 June 2010 15.49 BST
Cleaning staff at the luxury hotel where England stayed during the World Cup stole football shirts, a medal and even underwear from players.Read more »
Police spokeswoman Junior Metsi said cash was taken – about £500 – but the thieves seemed most interested in souvenirs, such as a United States shirt an England player received in the customary post-match trade. A medal awarded by Fifa and underwear also disappeared during a spree which police say began on 21 June.
The thefts were not reported to police until Saturday. Metsi said police solved the case within a day, searching the homes of staff at the hotel near Rustenburg, northwest of Johannesburg.
"Everything that was stolen was recovered and they [the thieves] are now behind bars," she said.
On Sunday, a special World Cup court convicted five hotel workers of the thefts. They were sentenced to three years in prison and fined 6,000 rand (£524). Metsi would not name the players from whom items were stolen.
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