In the Magistrate’s Court earlier this week, the 31-year-old Romanian admitted three counts of theft of drink from supermarkets.
The defendant who said that he stayed with his sister at her home in St Brelade when he is in Jersey, stole a bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey and a bottle of Johnnie Walker whisky from Co-op’s Grande Marché store at about 8.20 pm on 3 February. He proceeded to leave the shop without paying for the items, which totalled £65.98.
Centenier David Webber told the court that a member of staff saw the accused on CCTV stealing the items and alerted the manager, who said that he had known the defendant for four years.
He was arrested at the Airport on his way to Guernsey, where he was due to start a job in garden centre restaurant,
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