Jail for man who stole from a Leigh shop 11 times in eight days and breached sex offenders' register
Wigan man Scott Parkinson has been jailed for 71 weeks.
A Wigan man who stole from a single shop 11 times in eight days and breached the terms of the sex offenders’ register has been jailed.
Scott Parkinson, 39, of HMP Liverpool, pleaded guilty to failing to register with police within three days of leaving custody, on or around October 16, which he was required to do while on the sex offenders’ register.
He also confessed to 11 counts of theft from One Stop Shop, on Wigan Road, Leigh, between October 13 and 21.
Parkinson stole laundry products, meat, chocolate and milkshakes, with the multiple incidents taking the cost to hundreds of pounds.
Wigan magistrates jailed him for a total of 71 weeks, which includes 36 weeks from the activation of a suspended prison sentence.