Shoplifter branded a “nuisance for shopkeepers” as he's sentenced

A 32-year old man branded a “nuisance for shopkeepers” by the Recorder of Belfast was sentenced today for a spate of thefts.

Mr Purvis revealed that June 28 last year Patterson and another man entered a store at the Quay’s Shopping Centre in Newry. He carried out a further theft at a Tesco store on the Antrim Road in Belfast on July 11 last year and on this occasion he stole bottles of Southern Comfort valued at £108. Patterson was identified via CCTV footage and when he was arrested he made full admissions to police and told officers “I need help.”Noting Patterson was a father of four, the barrister said: “He knows that if he is going to have any input in their lives, he needs to break the cycle of offending.”

Three months for this level of theft seems lenient. Is anything put in place that cost of items stolen is paid back?

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