Sports Direct on Newport’s Commercial Street (Image: Google)
A SHOPLIFTER was caught stealing clothes from a sports shop and cigarette papers worth £60 from a store.
Leon Orphan took gear worth £40 from Sports Direct on Newport’s Commercial Street and the cigarette papers from Premier Stores on Upper Dock Street.
The 24-year-old pleaded guilty to two counts of theft.
Orphan, of no fixed abode, Newport committed the offences on July 23 and July 26.
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He was jailed for 10 weeks at the city’s magistrates' court after it was heard he has previous convictions for theft offences.
The defendant was ordered to pay £100 in compensation.
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