Telford sweetie thief jailed after shoplifting 24 times in four months
A thief who stole jelly babies, chicken drumsticks and beer in a spate of 24 thefts across has been jailed.
Nathan Crossley, aged 34, targeted Telford shops including Tesco Express 12 times, Co-op seven times, Sainsbury's four times and Spar in Broseley between March and June this year, stealing more than £2,000 worth of stock.
His most lucrative thefts included £284 worth of meat and confectionary from the Broseley shop on March 3 and five cases of Kinder Bueno chocolate bars worth £200 from the Co-op on May 23.
Other items he lifted included washing tablets, coffee and many bars of chocolate and packets of sweets including Haribo, Fruit Pastilles, Maltesers, Skittles, Wine Gums, Snickers, Mars Bars, Magic Stars, Cadbury's Chocolate Buttons and Galaxy Ripple bars.
Crossley, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty at Kidderminster Magistrates Court to 24 counts of theft.
Magistrates jailed him for 34 weeks and ordered him to pay £2,286 in compensation for the items he stole.