A Blackpool '˜Prolific' shoplifter avoids jail return
Suspending the sentence for a year, chairman of the Bench Brian Nicholson told Brian Smith : “You must realise how close you were today to going straight back to prison.”
Smith, 44, of Withnell Road, South Shore, admitted four charges of stealing watches and batteries from Aldi.
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Hide AdAs well as the suspended sentence, Smith was placed on a curfew until August 9.
He must pay Aldi £191.22 compensation and £80 victims’ surcharge.
Pam Smith, prosecuting, said Smith had only just come out of prison and was under supervision by the Probation Service.
“This man is a prolific shop-lifter,” she said.