He’s nicking my chips!

CCTV catches the moment a hungry thief tried to grab handfulls of fries from a McDonald’s kitchen. Adam Birrell, 31, burst in armed with a brick at the branch in Leytonstone High Road on 1 April this year, hurling racial abuse at staff who tried to stop him. Birrell appeared via video link from HMP Pentonville wearing a grey sweatshirt and kept his eyes downcast as Snaresbrook Crown Court heard the details of his crime. Prosecuting, Nana Owusuh said: ‘Officers…