A drunk caused more than £20,000 worth of damage at Selfridges after trying to smash into a Louis Vuitton display with an axe. Mark Mills, 42, used the fearsome weapon to try and break into a display window for the high end brand at the city centre store.
But the bungling would-be thief left empty handed and was caught by police shortly after. Mills had hatched the plan to try and break in to the popular store and steal expensive handbags and shoes to fund his drink problem.
At the time he was binging on up to nine litres of cider a day. A judge has now released him from prison after being told that Mills has vowed to tackle his alcoholism.
