Norwich man ordered to pay £1,500 for 20 Sainsbury's thefts

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 14 Nov, 11:01 · Archive

Thomas Hubbard was ordered to pay almost £1,500 compensation after pleading guilty to 20 shop theft charges at Norwich Sainsbury's stores.

Thomas Hubbard, 45, has been ordered to pay almost £1,500 in compensation after pleading guilty to 20 charges of shop theft at Norwich Magistrates' Court. He targeted two Sainsbury's stores in Norwich—one at Pound Lane in Thorpe St Andrew and one on Queens Road in the city centre—on an almost daily basis throughout August and September.

Prosecutors said Hubbard used handheld self-scanners to pay for cheaper items than he was actually taking. On other occasions he hid items in a bag that he failed to pay for. The stolen goods ranged from meat to cosmetics, bouquets of flowers and house plants.

Hubbard, of Fox Road in Framingham Pigot, was given a 12-month community order with a probation requirement. The court heard he held a well-paid full-time job despite the almost daily thefts, although he had been experiencing financial issues.

How it is being reported

• Sainsbury's shoplifter ordered to pay almost £1,500 after 20 theft chargesThomas Hubbard stole from two Norwich branches of the supermarket chain without paying for baskets full of groceries day after day.Eastern Daily Press · 14 Nov, 10:30
• Sainsbury's shoplifter ordered to pay almost £1,500 after 20 theft chargesThomas Hubbard stole from two Norwich branches of the supermarket chain without paying for baskets full of groceries day after day.Norwich Evening News · 14 Nov, 10:30

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