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Boots, Sainsbury's and M&S in South Warwickshire all hit by Leamington thief during crime spree...

Postby dutchman » Sat Apr 03, 2021 6:40 am

A shoplifter stole nearly £2,500 worth of goods from a number of much-loved high street names

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Dean Alton began by targeting Boots stores in the south of Warwickshire before adding supermarkets to his criminal repertoire.

The 44-year-old thief first struck at Boots in his home town of Leamington in November last year when he snaffled £827 worth of cosmetics out of the store.

He returned just a few days later to steal another £171 worth of cosmetics, before stealing nearly £500 worth from the Boots in Warwick instead at the start of December.

Just three days before Christmas, Alton stole food from Sainsbury's in Warwick, and then struck at Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury's in January, once again stealing food worth around £200.

His final offence was back at Boots in Warwick in February when he nicked cosmetics worth £699.

Alton, of Rugby Road, Leamington, admitted all seven thefts and was jailed at Coventry Magistrates' Court for 24 weeks.

Magistrates stated his "flagrant disregard for people and their property" and his record of previous offending left them with no other choice that to send him to prison.

He was also told to pay a £128 victim surcharge which goes towards groups who support victims of crime.

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