Man sentenced for stealing £1,000 of alcohol from supermarket

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 18 Oct, 07:02 · Archive

Louis Soutar, 38, was sentenced for stealing over £1,000 worth of alcohol from Booths in Kirkby Lonsdale on three occasions.

Louis Soutar, aged 38, from Shipley in West Yorkshire, was sentenced at South Cumbria Magistrates' Court for three counts of theft from a shop. He travelled from Bradford to Booths in Kirkby Lonsdale on three occasions, stealing a total of over £1,000 worth of alcohol and other goods.

On 3 October last year, Soutar stole multiple alcoholic beverages, fruit juice and bags valued at £803.60. He returned on 24 October and stole two bottles of whisky, four bottles of Grey Goose vodka and two selection boxes worth £378. On 22 January this year, he stole a bottle of brandy and another Grey Goose vodka valued at £101.

Soutar has 31 previous convictions for 85 offences, 37 of which relate to theft and dishonesty. His defence solicitor, Andy Gallagher, told the court that the thefts were committed when Soutar was unemployed and financially struggling. He said Soutar took the alcohol to sell rather than consume, has since obtained a mental health diagnosis and is being treated.

Magistrates imposed a six-month curfew between 7pm and 7am, an alcohol abstinence monitoring requirement for 120 days, and ordered Soutar to pay £691.80 compensation to Booths.

How it is being reported

• Career criminal with ‘dreadful’ record stole £1,000 of booze from BoothsA CAREER criminal with a ‘dreadful’ record has been sentenced for stealing over £1,000 worth of alcohol from a high-chain supermarket.NW Evening Mail · 18 Oct, 06:00
• Career criminal with ‘dreadful’ record stole £1,000 of booze from BoothsA CAREER criminal with a ‘dreadful’ record has been sentenced for stealing over £1,000 worth of alcohol from a high-chain supermarket.Westmorland Gazette · 18 Oct, 06:00

In this story: Louis Soutar · Booths · Kirkby Lonsdale · South Cumbria Magistrates' Court · Bradford · Shipley

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