An arrest warrant has been issued for a brazen thief who ran into a shop and made-off with £160-worth of coats.
Darren Jordan was due in the dock this week after he dashed into New Look, in The Forum Shopping Centre, in Wallsend, and grabbed the garments. A court heard that the 50-year-old, who has 87 offences on his record and is well-known to police, then ran out and managed to dispose of his hoard before he was arrested a short while later.
The crook, who was only recently released from prison, was due at North Tyneside Magistrates' Court this week to face one allegation of shop theft but he failed to show and the case was proved in his absence. A warrant was then also issued for his arrest in order for him to be sentenced.
