A Bath man who shoplifted from Sainsbury’s at Odd Down five times over the summer, stealing spirits from the store worth more than £2,000, has lost his liberty.
Jordan Edwards, of Chantry Mead Road in Moorlands, appeared before Bath magistrates on Wednesday 23rd July when he was jailed for 28 weeks.
The court heard that 40-year-old Edwards, who has 25 previous convictions, had taken steps to tackle his narcotics problem but had replaced drugs with alcohol.
As well as pleading guilty to the five thefts from Sainsbury’s, Edwards admitted shoplifting from a Co-op store in Bath, where he was tackled by a security guard, and stealing items worth £400 from Tesco on Bathwick Hill.
Edwards’ spree at Sainsbury’s began on 9th June when he stole spirits worth £372. He went back on 11th June and stole another lot worth £367.50.
On 19th June, his alcohol haul was £388, on 21st June it was £381.75, and on 23rd June, Edwards stole bottles with a value of £553.
Meanwhile on 26th May he stole alcohol and other items of a value unknown from the Co-op. The items were recovered after a security guard challenged Edwards.
A charge of assaulting the guard was withdrawn, but Edwards admitted using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour, causing the shop worker harassment, alarm or distress.
Edward’s most recent offence was the one at Tesco on Bathwick Hill on Monday 21st July.
He was brought to court in custody last Wednesday. He was already under a community order but had not turned up for probation appointments.
Magistrates revoked the community order and sent Edwards to prison for a total of 28 weeks, noting there had been a “wilful and persistent failure to comply with your community order”.
They ordered him to pay £50 compensation to the Co-op security guard but did not make any order for compensation to the retailers due to Edwards’ “limited means”.
