Shoplifter with 51 offences jailed for four-week thieving spree
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Pelham Oates, aged 35, targeted the same Alfreton Co-op store six times between August and September – making off with steaks primarily, but also laundry detergent.
While in July he targeted a B&M shop twice, stealing dishwasher tablets.
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Hide AdChesterfield Magistrates’ Court heard the value of the thefts came to around £400
During another incident, Oates also targeted a female acquaintance who he saw in a car with another male.
Becky Allop, prosecuting, said Oates had thrown a “rock-shaped” object at the woman’s car and yelled threats at her and the male she was travelling with.
The offences were committed while Oates was still serving a suspended sentence for a knife offence.
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Hide AdOates, of Main Road, Leabrooks, admitted eight counts of theft, threatening behaviour and breaching a suspended sentence.
Magistrates told him: “These offences happened very soon after you were given a suspended sentence.
"The thefts and public order offence are aggravated by your previous offending.”
Oates was jailed for eight months.