Man stole liqueur to cope with problems
Samuel Stewart, 26, of Johnson Road, Marton, pleaded guilty to theft.
He was given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £15 compensation with £20 victims’ surcharge by Blackpool magistrates.
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Hide AdProsecutor, Martine Connah, said a security officer monitoring CCTV at Sainsbury’s, Talbot Road, saw Stewart take a bottle of Disaronno valued at £15 and leave without paying on June 9 about 8.30pm.
The security officer followed him and tried to detain Stewart, but he escaped with the bottle
Robert Castle told magistrates: “He suffers from anxiety, depression and panic attacks and sometimes gets so stressed he is unable to say his own name.”