Telford addict and thief put on a curfew
A Telford crack cocaine addict who stole perfume and attempted to steal alcohol to sell and fund his habit has been put on a curfew.
Brendan Jamieson, 42, took two fragrances worth £45 from TK Maxx at The Forge Retail Park in Telford on March 31 this year.
It came just a few months after he tried to take two bottles of Southern Comfort worth £36 from B&M at the same retail park on December 4, 2018.
Sara Beddow, prosecuting, told Telford Magistrates Court: “He has had various offences against him over the years including thefts.”
Jamieson, of Withywood Drive, Telford, pleaded guilty to theft, attempted theft and breaching a community order.
His defence agent told the court that Jamieson had struggled with crack cocaine addiction in the past, and that family traumas caused him to relapse.
Magistrates gave him a 12-week community order, a curfew from 6pm to 6am for 10 weeks and ordered him to pay £135 court costs and a victim surcharge of £85.
