Chocolate and meat thief is banned from every Co-op and Tesco shop in Telford after stealing spree
A shoplifter who stole more than £1,100 worth of Easter eggs, chocolate and chicken has now been banned from every Co-op and Tesco supermarket in Telford.
Callum Griffiths, aged 27, carried out a spate of 12 thefts from shops in the town throughout January and February this year.
His most lucrative hauls included separate meat thefts from Co-op stores on the same day, worth £150 and £144, and three separate thefts of chocolate from Tesco worth £90 each time. He also stole Easter eggs worth £68 from a Tesco store on January 28.
Griffiths, of Catherton, Stirchley, Telford, pleaded guilty at Kidderminster Magistrates Court to 12 counts of theft and failing to attend a drug assessment to check if he had cocaine in his system.
Magistrates made him subject of an 18-month community order, and as part of it he is banned from going to any Co-op or Tesco in Telford.
He must undergo a drug treatment programme for nine months which will included regular testing, and he must complete 30 rehabilitation activity days.
Griffiths was also ordered to pay compensation to the full value of the items he stole.