BOOZE THIEF JAILED

A shoplifter who stole over £1000 worth of alcohol has been jailed. Carl Green, 40, of  Ilam Square, Ilkeston, entered Asda in Midland Street, Long Eaton, on January 7th and stole £118 of alcohol, he returned to Asda on January 13th and stole a further £273 worth of booze. On March 19th Green carried out an assault on a shop worker when he took two bottles of rum from Lidl in Derby Road, Langley Mill. On 28th March he returned to Asda for a third time and stole £284 of alcohol. His final offence was again at Asda supermarket, this time on April 6th, when he left with another £316 of alcohol. Green pleaded guilty to five counts of theft and one count of common assault when he appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court. Green, who had a previous criminal record for similar offences, was jailed for a total of 40 weeks and ordered him to pay a £122 victim surcharge.