Expensive mistake by shoplifter, 46, who stole cheap booze in Market Drayton
Thief landed with legal bill more than 24 times the value of what he stole.
Published 3rd Nov 2026, 03:01 GMT
A shoplifter who stole a bottle of cream liqueur has been ordered to pay more than £170.
Karl Beech, aged 46, lifted a bottle of strawberry-flavoured Pastures Country Cream worth £6.99 from Savers in Oak Court, Market Drayton on April 10 this year.
Beech, of Shropshire Street, Market Drayton, pleaded guilty at Telford Magistrates Court to theft from a shop.
Magistrates fined Beech £80 and ordered him to pay £6.99 in compensation.
Beech was also ordered to pay £85 in prosecution costs, bringing his total legal bill to £171.99.