A serial shoplifter with 343 convictions on his record has walked free from court for his latest spate of offences.
Time and time and time again, prolific thief Craig Nicholson has been hauled before the courts for targeting Tyneside shops. During the latest spree, he was already subject to a suspended prison sentence for having a knife in public, but that did not deter him.
However, despite his record and the fact he has committed yet more thefts and breached the suspended sentence and a conditional discharge, he was given a community order and banned from Newcastle Central Station, which is the hub of the majority of his offending.