A brazen thief who filled a bag with skincare products in front of shoppers has been jailed.
Persistent shoplifter Michael Delaney walked into the Boots store, in Front Street, Arnold, on 27 April 2026 and grabbed the products before fleeing.
He returned to the store on Monday (4 May) and again stole a number of items from the shelves.
Neighbourhood officers were informed about the theft over the airwaves and tracked Delaney down after a search of the area.
He has also been linked to a series of earlier thefts following an investigation by the Gedling Central neighbourhood policing team and went on to plead guilty to 14 counts of shoplifting.
He also admitted breaching previously imposed bail conditions and two counts of fraud by false representation after twice using a stolen bank card at local shops in February this year.
At Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (5 May) he was jailed for a total of eight months.
Sergeant Alison Riley, of the neighbourhood team, said:
“Delaney has been relentless in his offending around Arnold and we know shop staff and business owners are fed up of his brazen stealing and other criminality.
“Hopefully this period behind bars for Delaney will give them some respite.
“Help is made available to persistent offenders like him but if they don’t take the opportunities presented to them we will keep arresting them and putting them before the courts.”
