Brazen thief stole nearly £900 worth of meat from one supermarket
The man also stole nearly £100 worth of meat from another shop
The man targeted one supermarket five times.(Image: PA)
A man who stole nearly £900 worth of meat from the same supermarket has been jailed. Abid Hussain, 41, went to an Aldi in Flaxlands, Bretton, Peterborough, five times between February 1 and 10.
Each time Hussain went to the meat aisle, sometimes with accomplices, he filled a shopping basket with various items and left via the store’s fire exit without paying. The total value of meat he stole was nearly £900.
On February 17, Hussain then went to a One Stop in St Pauls Road, New England, and stole more meat worth £96.50. He returned the following day to take multiple bottles of washing up liquid without paying.
Hussain, of Eaglesthorpe, New England, admitted to seven counts of theft from a shop. He was jailed for 16 weeks after appearing at Huntingdon Magistrates’ Court on February 19.
PC Poppy Halstead said: “Hussain brazenly and persistently targeted the same supermarket, stealing a vast amount of stock. We continue to work with retailers to combat thefts and bring perpetrators before the courts wherever possible.”
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