A Bath man with a long-standing drug problem and a catalogue of previous offences has been given a two-month curfew by city magistrates for the theft of a pair of designer sunglasses worth £302.
CCTV caught Michael Nimmo, of Bladud Buildings, concealing the Prada Linea Rossa glasses at The Sunglass Hut at St Lawrence Street on 13th June last year, and leaving without attempting to pay.
Nimmo, 47, admitted the offence at a hearing on 26th January when magistrates adjourned the case for a pre-sentence report.
He was back in court for sentencing on Wednesday 18th March.
Magistrates revoked a previous community order imposed by Nottingham magistrates on Nimmo for driving whilst disqualified and gave him a nine-month drug rehabilitation order (DRR) with 10 rehabilitation activity requirement (RAR) days.
They also imposed the curfew on Nimmo who will be electronically tagged and must stay in between 6pm and 6am for two months.
He protested in the dock about the curfew, but the chair of the bench told him it was “to keep you out of trouble as you have 80 odd offences and 30 odd convictions”.
The chair added: “We could have been sending you to prison but we are not doing that.”
Magistrates made no order for prosecution costs or a court surcharge as they prioritised the £302 compensation to the shop.
