A NUMBER of shoplifters have been sentenced at magistrates' courts in recent weeks for targeting stores across south Essex.

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A SHOPLIFTER caught with cannabis in Westcliff has been ordered to pay compensation.

James Pusey, of no fixed address, stole several meat items worth £53.60 from the BP garage in West Street on September 17.

He was also found with a quantity of cannabis in his possession.

The 40-year-old admitted the offence at Southend Magistrates’ Court on September 18.

Pusey was ordered to pay £53.60 in compensation.

A SHOPLIFTER who targeted a petrol garage in Basildon has been ordered to pay compensation.

Jenny Clough, 39, stole £449.50 worth of items from the BP in Eastmayne between June 30 and July 4. She also stole £42.21worth of cleaning products from The Range in Pitsea on September 19

Clough, of Pitsfield Grove, Vange, admitted four counts of shop theft at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on September 21 and was ordered to pay £449.50 in compensation.

A THIEF who stole glasses worth more than £800 has been handed a community order.

Craig Reason stole £820 worth of glasses from Boots Opticians in Southend on July 12, Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court heard.

The 42-year-old admitted the offence on September 21 and was ordered to carry out 60 hours of unpaid work.

Reason, of Pleasant Road, Southend, must also pay £300 in compensation and take part in rehabilitation activity for 20 days.

An application for benefit deductions was made.

A SHOPLIFTER who targeted a BP garage shop has been ordered to pay compensation.

Colin Bishop, 58, stole goods worth £103.50 from the petrol station in Rayleigh on August 21. 

He also refused to provide a sample to police for a Class A drug test while in custody on September 16 after being charged with shop theft.

Bishop, of Arundel Road, Wickford, admitted both offences at Southend Magistrates’ Court on September 17 where he was ordered to pay £103.50 in compensation and a £50 fine.

A SHOPLIFTER has been ordered to pay back more than £100 for a series of thefts.

Peter Marshall, of Balmoral Road, Westcliff, stole goods worth a total of £100 from the Co-op in Hamlet Court Road on August 4 and 14. 

He also took food from the BP in Hadleigh and Co-op in Leigh on July 26 and August 25.

The 55-year-old admitted four counts of shop theft at Southend Magistrates’ Court on September 19. 

Marshall must now pay a total of £130 in compensation, the court ordered.

An application for benefit deductions was also made.

A SHOPLIFTER who stole beauty products from a discount store has been ordered to pay compensation.

Sara Bardova, of York Road, Southend, stole seven shampoos, four lotions, five facial gels and one facial cream worth a total of £80.89 from Savers in the city on August 22.

The 49-year-old admitted the offence at Southend Magistrates’ Court on September 23 and was ordered to pay the total amount back in compensation.

No order for costs was made but the court entered an application for benefit deductions.

A SHOPLIFTER has been jailed after targeting a Southend High Street store and threatening a street ranger.

Jeffery Keable, of Coleman Street, Southend, stole multiple items worth a total of £112 from The Works on September 13 and September 20.

Keable admitted the offences, as well as the abusive behaviour toward a street ranger, at Southend Magistrates’ Court on September 23.

The 32-year-old was jailed for eight weeks and ordered to pay £200 compensation.

A SHOPLIFTER who also attacked a woman has been jailed for eight months.

Robert Polkinghorn, of London Road, Westcliff, stole bottles of washing liquid from Poundland in Southend and assaulted a woman by beating her on July 29. 

He had also taken fresh meat from BP in Westcliff and assaulted another person on June 27.

The 46-year-old admitted the offences at Southend Magistrates’ Court on September 25 where he was sentenced to a total of eight months in prison.