Shoplifter escaped work order after having pacemaker fitted
A 19-YEAR-OLD shoplifter escaped being forced to do unpaid work after the court heard he had a pacemaker fitted.
District Judge Andrew Pascoe, sitting at Grimsby Magistrates' Court, heard Ceri Ferguson, 19, of Castle Street, Grimsby, had admitted stealing perfumes valued at almost £40 from TK Maxx.
Prosecuting, Rebecca Dalby, said Ferguson had been spotted taking two boxes of perfume, removing the security tags and putting them into a changing bag.
He and his female companion left the store without paying.
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He also admitted being in breach of a conditional discharge and suspended sentence.
Speaking for Ferguson, Roy Foreman said his client had kept out of trouble for almost 12 months. He added Ferguson had secured employment with Country Foods provided he passed a medical.
However, the court was unwilling to impose unpaid work as a punishment without hearing results of the medical and instead ordered him to complete a six week curfew and pay £85 costs, with a £60 victim's surcharge.
2 Comments
by fruitus
Friday, March 22 2013, 4:54PM
“Why didn't the court wait until the medical reports were available before passing sentence? Is the judiciary losing the plot now as well as everyone else in public life. And what happened to the accomplice girlfriend? How come its stated that he has kept out of trouble for 12 months, but admitted being in breach of a conditional discharge and suspended sentence. The employer was going to give him a medical check anyway.”
by davendogs
Saturday, March 16 2013, 10:59AM
“What a crock. Most of this unpaid work is a walk in the park. Like the lot the other day, top end of the park doing a bit of litter picking. The end where there is none. Then they investigated the pond, though not the end where wind takes the litter and it accumulates. 6 or 8 of them and this represents putting in 4 hours a piece, one person could do more in a hour.”