Fine for thief who stole cheese from store
EVERYONE likes a cheese sandwich – but that does not justify stealing the cheese from a shop, a Grimsby magistrate declared.
Brian Walton, 24, of Wroxham Avenue, Grimsby, admitted stealing two packs of cheese from the Co-operative on November 7.
Rachel Smith, mitigating, said Walton had no income at the time and had been without money for 38 days until a new benefit claim was approved.
Presiding magistrate James O’Nions told Walton: “We all like a cheese sandwich.”
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But for stealing the cheese, Walton was ordered to pay £125 in fines and court costs.
Comments
by sondog
Wednesday, January 02 2013, 4:42PM
“cheesy ******”
by Wilderness
Friday, December 07 2012, 5:56PM
“Ultimately the taxpayer coughs up the money.
These sort of crimes should be punished by real community work schemes. How about some unpaid street cleaning or graffiti removal.”
by davendogs
Friday, December 07 2012, 5:33PM
“£125! If the geezers circumstances where as stated, no savings or no one providing meals then that is way out of line. A fine is not going to help is it. Surely some other form of payback should have been considered.”