A 37-year-old man is now behind bars after pleading guilty to 10 counts of theft from shops and a service station in the town.

Damian Wisedale, of Rowland Close, Fearnhead, appeared at Warrington Magistrates’ Court on Friday where he was sentenced to 20 weeks in prison.

Police launched an investigation following reports of a number of thefts over a five-month period between September 13 and January 16.