A prolific shoplifter who stole from a number of stores has been jailed.
Three shops across Worksop were targeted by Joe Stanfield during his theft spree from 11 April to 28 April.
On three separate occasions, Stanfield stole items including shorts from Cockney Rebel Fashions in Bridge Place, and a pressure washer from Wickes, Babbage Way.
Police officers identified the 39-year-old from CCTV captured at each of the premises he targeted.
The prolific shoplifter was then detained by Worksop officers after he was spotted in Bridge Street on 21 May.
Appearing at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on Friday (22 May), Stanfield, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to three counts of shop theft.
Stanfield, the subject of a suspended sentence order from previous shoplifting offences, was jailed for a total of 28 weeks.
PC Eoin Wilson, of the Worksop South neighbourhood policing team, said:
“Shoplifting not only affects the shops and staff who work at the premises targeted, but also the members of the public who spend their hard-earned cash in the same shops.
“We’ve been working incredibly hard over the past year to curb these types of crimes across Worksop, and this has resulted in numerous custodial sentences being handed out to our most prolific offenders.
“I’m pleased to see Stanfield has been put behind bars for his actions and it is good news for us all that he won’t be causing any disruption in our town centre in the near future.”
