Five people have been arrested and jailed in Salisbury - but thankfully it is all for charity.
A Tesco employee, an accountant, a radio presenter and two others were all convicted for their 'crimes' on Friday, June 7.
The event to raise money for Salisbury Hospice Charity which offers valuable services including nursing and medical care, emotional and practical support, occupational and physiotherapy and bereavement support.
Craig was arrested live on air this morning (Image: Spencer Mulholland) Police officers put all five - Trevor Austreng, Craig Hicks, Patrick Pierce, Zena Embleton and Emma Belcher - in handcuffs and took them to the Guildhall to await sentencing.
Patrick, who works at Tesco Extra, was arrested on the shop floor while Craig Hicks was live on air at Salisbury Radio when the police walked in.
All five were sentenced to spend the day in 'prison' aka Live Escape Rooms Salisbury.
All five were taken to the jail cells (Image: Spencer Mulholland)
Each prisoner has been given a striped prison uniform to wear and they will remain imprisoned all day until they raise the 'bail money', a total of £999.
Luckily, conditions aren't too shabby as prisoners were given Nole pizza for lunch.
More information about the fundraising can be found here https://www.salisburyhospicecharity.org.uk/meet-the-prisoners/
Who has been jailed?
Five people have signed themselves up to be imprisoned in jail all day on Friday.
Craig Hicks has been sentenced by his colleagues at Salisbury Radio for stealing all the chocolate biscuits. He has pleased not guilty.
Staff at Tesco have sent Patrick Pierce down for 'chronic habitual tardiness'. He has denied his crime.
Brighter Days Care have sentenced two colleagues, Zena Embleton and Emma Belcher. Emma has pleaded guilty to 'confectionary coercion' while Zena has admitted that she is a 'sugar rush robber'.
Trevor Austreng was arrested for 'retiring from Fawcetts', after 50 years on the job he has one more day to serve before he's allowed to retire.
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