Craig Gilroy, 30, theft
A thief who was short of money in the run up to Christmas targeted the same shop two days running.
Craig Gilroy, 30, of George Street, North Shore, pleaded guilty to two offences of theft.
He was given a 12 months conditional discharge and ordered to pay £47 compensation with £85 costs plus £20 victims’ surcharge.
Prosecutor, Pam Smith, said Gilroy was detained at the B and M Bargains store, Whitegate Drive, on December 23 at noon, after stealing three jars of coffee valued at £14.
CCTV showed he had been in the shop the day before and taken four bottles of liqueur worth £47.
He had a record of 29 previous offences of theft and similar matters and at the time of the offence was on post prison sentence supervision.
Howard Green, defending, said in the run up to Christmas his client was short of money and decided to steal to get some. Gilroy, who had been diagnosed with bi-polar disorder, was estranged from his family.
He had no permanent accommodation but was allowed to sleep at the address he had given.
He had also missed appointments with the probation service on his post prison sentence supervision.
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