A Southampton shoplifter stole more than £1,600 worth of items including cheese and wine from Co-Op, Sainsbury's and One Stop. 

Kieron Slack-Travers pleaded guilty to 23 counts of theft from a shop after the spree of offences committed over a matter of weeks. 

The 27-year-old stole items worth £1,600.40 in total, including cheese, wine, lager, energy drinks, soft drinks and confectionery. 

The items were taken from Co-Op stores at Archers Road, High Street, City Gateway and Ocean Village. 

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Other stores hit were Sainsbury's in Bedford Place and One Stop on Freemantle Park Road. 

The offences took place between February 16 and March 29 this year.

Slack-Travers pleaded guilty to all the offences on April 2 at Southampton Magistrates' Court.

He also admitted to a single charge of possessing a controlled drug of Class B, relating to cannabis he had in Southampton. 

Magistrates found that the defendant had a "flagrant disregard for court orders" and ruled that the offences were so serious that "only a custodial sentence can be justified". 

They jailed him for four months.