Shropshire Star

Thief stole honey whiskey from shop and breached order banning him from seeing his mother

A thief who stole honey whiskey from a supermarket and breached a restraining order banning him from seeing his mother has been ordered to pay £190.

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Thomas Richards, aged 23, lifted £70 worth of Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey from Sainsbury's in Black Gate Street, Oswestry on May 15 this year.

A week later, he attended an address where he mother was present, which he was banned from doing by a restraining order imposed in February this year.

Richards, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty at Kidderminster Magistrates Court to one count of theft and another of harassment by breaching a restraining order.

He was ordered to pay £70 compensation to the supermarket and a £120 fine for breaching the court order.