WATCH: Sweet-toothed thief jailed after stealing 24 desserts from Peterborough filling station
A thief with a taste for desserts has been jailed after he went on an end-of-year crime spree in Peterborough.
Cambridgeshire Police said Soma Deasley, 37, was caught on CCTV stealing 38 different food items - including 24 desserts - from the BP filling station in Bretton, on 19 December.
A force spokesperson said: “It was part of a crime spree between 11 November and 31 December, where Deasley stole from shops in Dogsthorpe, Bretton, New England, and Walton.”
Deasley, of no fixed address, admitted the six shoplifting offences at Cambridge Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (13 January), where he was sentenced to 26 weeks in prison and ordered to pay £565.12 in compensation.
PC Rebecca Risebrow, from the northern Spree Offender Team, commented: “This sentence will give the businesses targeted by Deasley some respite.
She added: “My team is committed to identifying prolific offenders and putting them before the courts.”