A Twerton man was back before magistrates to admit shoplifting just five days after being sentenced for stealing from a Bath supermarket.
Paul Holcombe from Stuart Place, appeared in custody at Bath Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 18th June, charged with stealing alcohol and food worth £39.65 on 16th June from the Tesco Express on Upper Bristol Road.
On 11th June the court had issued a 12-month community order with an alcohol treatment requirement under the direction of Turning Point, and rehabilitation activity up to a maximum of 20 days.
That was after Holcombe, 41, had admitted shoplifting from the Co-op in Shaftesbury Road, Oldfield Park.
He had stolen wine on 14th March, groceries on 30th March, and wine and groceries on 1st April, all of an unknown value, and on 15th May he stole groceries worth £82.86.
For the theft from Tesco Express, Holcombe was fined £40 with a £16 surcharge but as he could not pay, he was told he would serve one day in custody. As he had already been in police custody for two days, he was freed and will continue with his community order.
No order was made for prosecution costs.
Magistrates told Holcombe, who has 38 previous convictions for 82 offences, to work hard on his community order and “don’t come back” to court.
