Man tried to steal monkey as a birthday present for his girlfriend
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A man who broke into a zoo in New Zealand to steal a monkey has revealed that he intended to give the small primate to his girlfriend as a birthday present. John Owen Casford made headlines around the world in April 2018, when he broke into Wellington Zoo in the dead of the night to snatch the squirrel monkey. “This little monkey come up and stuck it’s little paw up on the window against her hand, like something out of a movie, and she said ‘oh my God, I want one of those’ and I thought, ‘F***, that’s what I’m gonna get her, I’m gonna get her that monkey’,” he told the host.