A thief stole items worth over £100 from Asda to make enough money to buy heroin and numb the pain of a "nasty infection" which had caused his toes to "curl in". John Anthony Haden appeared before Wrexham Magistrates Court where the 31-year-old admitted he had stolen over £110 worth of electrical items and toiletries, reports North Wales Live.
The court heard how police were already in the city centre on Monday, January 9 when alarms went off at the supermarket. After a chase on foot Haden refused to be interviewed. All stolen items were recovered.
The prosecutor said Haden is a prolific shoplifter with almost 110 previous offences that are linked to thefts and acknowleged that this put him in breach of s suspended sentence for a similar crime that was imposed last month by the same district judge..
