Jail for thief who stole copper pipes from Subway branch in Peterborough before going on a "shoplifting spree"
A man who stole copper pipes from an industrial unit at a takeaway has been ordered to pay more than £6000 in compensation.
Cambridgeshire Police said Manuel Sa De Sousa, 40, and an accomplice stole the piping from Subway, in Bretton, Peterborough, at just before midnight on 12 September.
“The damage cost a substantial amount of money to repair and resulted in the shop losing stock in failed freezers,” a force spokesperson explained.
“Sa De Sousa, of no fixed address, then went on a shoplifting spree where he targeted the BP filling station in Bretton on 13 occasions between 24 November and 9 January.”
At Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on Monday (19 January), he was sentenced to 20 weeks in prison and ordered to pay £6456 in compensation after admitting 14 theft offences and one count of criminal damage.
PC Rebecca Risebrow, from the northern spree offender team, commented: “I would like to thank businesses for their ongoing help by reporting these incidents to us so we can identify and arrest those involved.”