Deon De Groot, 26, must stay out of the county for three months after being found guilty of taking over £200 worth of the chocolate snack from a supermarket.

Bodycam footage released by Cambridgeshire Police shows De Groot being confronted by a police officer over a suspicious bulge in his jacket

The officer is heard saying: “Hey, hey, hey, hey. Hands out. Hang on a sec. I’m going to put handcuffs on you, alright?

“You’re under arrest on suspicion of theft from a shop, alright? Because, I mean, Christ, what have you got in there?”

De Groot sheepishly says “Creme Eggs” and then warns the officer, as he begins to unzip his coat, that “it’s all going to fall out”.

The 65 boxes of Creme Eggs concealed in his coat and duffle bag were recovered and returned to the supermarket.

De Groot was sentenced in Peterborough Magistrates’ Court to 12 weeks’ imprisonment, suspended for a year, in addition to his ban from Cambridgeshire for three months.