Justice is served! Moment hero baker chases greedy thief after she catches him on CCTV snatching lemon drizzle from cake shed

Published: 06:31 EDT, 27 October 2026 | Updated: 06:32 EDT, 27 October 2026 This is the moment a hooded thief brazenly steals from a cake stand – before the hero baker chases him down the street to retrieve her lemon drizzle. After confronting the culprit, the cake robber meekly apologised to baker Jade Walton and handed back the sweet treats. Ms Walton, who runs JD Bakes in Clay Cross, Derbyshire, spotted the crook helping himself to £9.80 worth of goodies on October 19. The unnamed man was filmed pulling his coat above his face as he stuffed the desserts into his bag. The hungry raider stole lemon drizzle cake, a slice of raspberry ripple and a chocolate brownie before fleeing. But after watching the shameless theft unfold on her phone, Ms Walton, 33, chased the man down the road. Video footage shows her running after the sweet-toothed raider and demanding he hand over the stolen treats. This is the moment a hooded thief brazenly steals from a cake stand Baker Jade Walton in front of her honesty shop, JD Bakes in Clay Cross, Derbyshire After watching the shameless theft unfold on her phone, Ms Walton, 33, chased the man down the roadShe can be heard shouting: 'You've just took them without paying. You've done this before.'The thief then hands over just one of the cakes while saying 'sorry' and tries to walk away. He then eventually opens his bag and gives Ms Walton the other two packages after being confronted over the fact that he took 'more than one item'. Ms Walton then warns him 'don't come back'.The mother-of-two said: 'There's a sign on the outside of the shed, on the inside and in the courtyard saying there's 24 hour recording.'I was in the bakery making some cookie dough and I saw the previews.'I looked over and saw someone with their hood up and part of their face covered.'I loaded up the footage to see if they had taken anything, and they had, so adrenaline took over.'I ran out to look for them. I ran to the high street and saw them and started running down the street. The hungry raider stole lemon drizzle cake, a slice of raspberry ripple and a chocolate brownie before fleeing After confronting the culprit, the cake robber meekly apologised to baker Jade Walton and handed back the sweet treats'I put my phone on record and shouted "excuse me!". 'They passed me one, then I said they've taken another.'They were already eating one item. I couldn't believe it.'I'm not a confrontational person but I couldn't let this go.'I was shaking and couldn't believe that I'd run after them and stood up for myself and my little business.'Ms Walton opened her business in 2017 and has been repeatedly targeted by thieves over the last few months. She added: 'We operate on a full honesty box system, there is another camera in there and another in the courtyard.'This man has taken a lemon drizzle cake, a raspberry ripple cake and a brownie - that was £9.80 worth of stuff.'It's more the principle, it's more than the cake.'Obviously we didn't put any of the items back but it's annoying to deal with.'This is the third theft since July.'Ninety-nine percent of the people who come are honest and I appreciate every single customer, I just don't want the odd one to spoil it for the many.'I've seen many other cake businesses who have got the sheds that have the issue - I feel that business owners should stand together and show that it's not okay.'A spokesman for Derbyshire Police said: 'The incident has been reported to us and lines of enquiry, including footage of the individual who stole the items, are being reviewed and pursued. No arrests have been made at this time.'