A “professional shoplifter” stole over £27,000 worth of alcohol from various Asda and Tesco stores across the UK, a court heard.
Cristian Miron, Robert Cristea and Albert Mihai, all appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday. Miron previously pleaded guilty to eight counts of theft, amounting to £27,662 stolen between October 2021 and December 2022 from supermarkets across the country.
Mihai, 35, and Cristea, 34, pleaded guilty to one count of theft which took place on December 10, 2022, at Asda in Sefton. Eric Lamb, prosecuting, detailed that all thefts were carried out in a similar manner, namely a group of people, of which Miron played a leading role, entered supermarkets and stole thousands of pounds worth of alcohol.
