Man caught with meat
3:50pm Sunday 4th May 2008
A PROLIFIC thief has been put on a curfew and ordered to pay £60 after his 36th conviction.
Stephen Thompson has 120 offences on his record, of which 69 are for theft.
On April 3 he tried to steal £76.99 worth of meat from Lidl but security guards saw him and got the goods back.
They alerted town centre CCTV operators who spotted Thompson and called the police.
"What we can't allow to happen is for people to think they can carry on stealing with no punishment for it," said district judge French.
Thompson must be in his home, on Lodge Lane, from 8pm to 8am every day for the next three months and pay £60 costs.