Ipswich man banned from shops after chocolate thefts

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 8 Oct, 15:55 · Archive

Fred Armitage, 42, was sentenced to 17 weeks' suspended imprisonment after five shop thefts including £300 of chocolate.

Fred Armitage, 42, of the Ipswich area has been banned from six East of England Co-op stores in Ipswich after being convicted of five shop thefts. He was sentenced at Suffolk Magistrates' Court on 5 October after pleading guilty to the offences.

The thefts occurred in August and September. Chocolate worth more than £300 was stolen from a business on 23 August. Armitage was sentenced to 17 weeks' imprisonment, suspended for two years.

As part of a Criminal Behaviour Order, he has been banned from entering the six Co-op stores named by the court.

How it is being reported

• Sweet toothed thief sentenced after £300 of chocolate stolenIpswich man Fred Armitage, 42, has been banned from six East of England Co-op stores after five shop thefts, including more than £300 of chocolate in Ipswich.East Anglian Daily Times · 8 Oct, 15:30
• Sweet toothed thief sentenced after £300 of chocolate stolenIpswich man Fred Armitage, 42, has been banned from six East of England Co-op stores after five shop thefts, including more than £300 of chocolate in Ipswich.Ipswich Star · 8 Oct, 15:30

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