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Police investigating after sheep stolen from Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat Farm
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Police investigating after sheep stolen from Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat Farm Jeremy Clarkson has issued a stark warning to thieves after he had 11 sheep stolen from his famous Diddly Squat Farm in Oxfordshire with police now investigating the incident Jeremy Clarkson has had sheep stolen from his famous Diddly Squat Farm in Oxfordshire, with police now investigating the theft of 11 animals from the Clarkson's Farm filming location. The TV star, 66, has issued a warning to the thieves...
Police investigating after sheep stolen from Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat Farm
Jeremy Clarkson has issued a stark warning to thieves after he had 11 sheep stolen from his famous Diddly Squat Farm in Oxfordshire with police now investigating the incident
Jeremy Clarkson has had sheep stolen from his famous Diddly Squat Farm in Oxfordshire, with police now investigating the theft of 11 animals from the Clarkson's Farm filming location.
The TV star, 66, has issued a warning to the thieves after discovering they were missing when counting his flock alongside his trusted friend and co-star Kaleb Cooper.
Clarkson said: "It's upset me . . . you can't ever form a bond with a sheep. Anyone who has anything stolen, it's awful, but to have animals stolen, it's really galling. They were happy here. This is my favourite field on the farm."
Clarkson sent a blunt warning to the culprits, saying: "Put them back."
Speaking to The Sun about his interactions with the police, Clarkson said: "The police have been very good, actually. Once you go through 700 hours of recorded messages, I got through to a girl.
I said: 'I know it's going to sound like I'm from 1856, but I've had some sheep stolen'.
"She went through the name and address and then she said: 'Oh, not your Easycares'. She's obviously been watching the show, but it is the Easycares."
The Easycares are a low-maintenance breed that require no shearing and "require minimal shepherding and veterinary care".
Clarkson idid not mince his words when it came to his warning: "Put them back. It's a farm. We're armed. Just so they know. It p***** me off. Honestly, it just p***** me off."
He said he has no idea when this occurred, believing there are "some missing from the other field a mile or so away" and that "nobody else has got Easycares."
The loss of 11 sheep represents a staggering £2,000 loss.
Clarkson observed that Diddly Squat "has a film crew here all the time" and "a drone in the air," leading him to suspect the sheep were taken "on a day or night when they weren't filming".