‘Pay? You’re having a laugh’
WHEN staff approached a prolific shoplifter and asked if he intended paying for wine he had selected, he replied: “You’re having a laugh.”
Brian Jones, 38, admitted five charges of stealing Marks & Spencer foodstuffs and alcohol worth about £470.
Jones, of Byron Road, Southampton, received a 25-week suspended sentence coupled with 50 hours community service and 12 months supervision.
