Richard Charles Manning pleaded guilty to five counts of theft when he appeared at Swansea Magistrates Court
A HEROIN addict who walked out of a supermarket with a trolley full of groceries during a shoplifting spree in which he stole goods worth hundreds of pounds has been jailed.
Swansea Magistrates Court heard Richard Charles Manning's sudden spike in offending — after more than 12 months without offences — was triggered by an increased use of the Class A drug.
The court heard that he visited stores in Swansea, Neath and Ystradgynlais, stealing groceries, alcohol and perfume.
Sharon Anderson, prosecuting, said on two occasions in November last year Manning stole trolleys of groceries worth hundreds of pounds from the Tesco store in Ystradgynlais.
The 43-year-old also struck twice at the Asda supermarket on Swansea Enterprise Zone during November and December, stealing bottles of perfume and alcohol — on one occasion his blood was found in a changing room after he had taken bottles in and injured himself removing their security tags.
His fifth target was Morrison's Neath on January 9, when to stole bottles of vodka and Jack Daniel's whiskey.
Manning, of Maes-y-Deri, Cilfrew, Neath, pleaded guilty to five counts of theft when he appeared before the district judge sitting at magistrates court.
The court heard he has previous convictions for 57 offences — some 22 of which are for dishonesty matters — and was on a community order at the time of the shoplifting spree.
Steve Harrett, for Manning, said there had been a gap in his client's offending since the summer of 2015, and that the recent "tranche" of offences had been triggered by his increased drug use.
The solicitor said Manning wanted to get on a programme offering a heroin-substitute prescription but accepted "he is in no position to avail himself of that" at the moment.
For each of the five theft matters Manning was sentenced to four weeks in prison, each sentence to run consecutively. The district judge also revoked Manning's existing community order, and sentenced him to another four weeks in prison instead.
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