Serial shoplifter who targeted Wigan stores is jailed for 24 weeks

A serial Wigan thief has been locked up for almost half a year.
By Charles Graham
Published 9th Apr 2022, 12:30 BST
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Bobby Lee Garry, 28, of Helvellyn Road, Pemberton, appeared before borough justices to plead guilty to no fewer than 10 shoplifting offences from local stores during February and March.

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Among the items taken were toiletries, meat, Amazon products, batteries, a razor, headphones, candles, hairdryers and sweets worth hundreds of pounds from Boots, Asda, Lidl, GeeTee's, Tesco and Bradshaw Medical Centre in Orrell.

Gee Tee's in Pemberton was one of the stores targeted by GarryGee Tee's in Pemberton was one of the stores targeted by Garry
Gee Tee's in Pemberton was one of the stores targeted by Garry
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He further admitted to breaching bail, criminal damage to the window of Crafty Melts and sleeping in the outhouse of a home in Helvellyn Road in contravention of a restraining order.

Garry was sent to prison for a total of 24 weeks, the bench telling him that he was receiving such a sentence because of his prolific thieving and his breach of a community punishment.

He was also ordered to pay £128 to victim services.