Beef proved irresistible for supermarket shoplifter (From Your Local Guardian)

Beef proved irresistible for supermarket shoplifter

3:06pm Sunday 11th May 2008 in

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Two joints of beef proved irresistible for a West Molesey man who was caught shoplifting in Surbiton.

Lewis Cole, 25, of Grange Close, was spotted by an undercover police officer at Sainsbury's, Victoria Road, on May 6 putting the joints, worth £32, into a carrier bag.

Cole pleaded guilty to two counts of theft at Kingston magistrates court on May 9 and said he has a drug problem which he is receiving treatment for in Molesey.

Lead magistrate Rabbi Rich deemed the day Cole had spent in custody was a sufficient sentence for the offence and he was released.