Jail for Rugby shoplifter who stole more than £1,700 worth of food and alcohol

By The Newsroom
Published 19th Sep 2024, 14:52 BST
Updated 19th Sep 2024, 14:53 BST
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A shoplifter who stole more than £1,700 worth of food and alcohol from towns including Rugby has been jailed.

At Leamington Magistrates’ Court last week, Thomas Johnstone, 37, was jailed for 30 weeks after admitting to ten counts of shoplifting in Rugby, Warwick, Leamington and Binley Woods.

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He also admitted to two counts of assaulting shop workers, one count of attempting to cause criminal damage to a shop in Leamington, one count of causing criminal damage while in custody, one count of attempted theft from a shop in Binley Woods, one count of failing to answer bail and one count of failing to provide a test for the presence of class A drugs.

Johnstone, who lives in Coventry, was first arrested on 6 August after being spotted stealing 12 bottles of wine from a shop in Cubbington.

He was arrested again on 11 September after he had failed to answer his bail.