Burglar who stole fries from McDonald’s has had his chips

A hungry thief who threatened McDonald’s workers with a brick as he tried to steal fries from the kitchen has been jailed for four months. Adam Birrell, 31, forced his way into the kitchen of the fast-food chain on Leytonstone High Road on 1 April this year, helping himself to a handful of chips before holding up a brick and hurling racial abuse at staff who tried to stop him. Birrell appeared via video link from HMP Pentonville wearing a…