- Kieton Pearson carried out the butter heist at a Tesco Express in December 2023
A thief who stole 22 packs of butter whereas additionally serving a suspended jail sentence for making an attempt to steal cheese in a violent store raid has been jailed.
Kieton Pearson, 24 from Houghton, walked out of a Tesco Express in Houghton, Sunderland, with out paying for £95 price of Lurpak butter on December 19 2023.
Last July, Pearson was already serving a suspended jail sentence for threatening to stab the supervisor of a Heron Foods when he was stopped from leaving the shop with ‘a number of items of cheese.’
He finally left the shop with out the cheese and returned a short while later to apologise.
At Newcastle Crown Court, Pearson, admitted to the theft of the butter.
Kieton Pearson, 24, who already has convictions for 71 offences, was sentenced to 2 months behind bars at Newcastle Crown Court for the butter heist
Pearson stole £95 price of butter from a Tesco Express in Houghton, Sunderland, in December 2023. He was already banned from the identical retailer
Newcastle Crown Court. Prosecutor Shada Mellor informed the court docket Pearson had gone into the Tesco retailer, the place he was already banned from, final December and stole 22 packs of Lurpak butter
Prosecutor Shada Mellor informed Newcastle Crown Court Pearson had gone into the Tesco retailer, the place he was already banned from, final December.
Miss Mellor stated: ‘He was carrying his personal bag. He positioned 22 packs of Lurpak into his bag. He left with out paying.’
The court docket heard Pearson has had a troublesome upbringing and desires to alter.
Vic Laffey, defending, stated: ‘He understands the state of affairs he finds himself.’
Pearson, who already has convictions for 71 offences, was sentenced to 2 months behind bars.