37-year-old Luke Fauvel has been handed an 8-week suspended sentence after stealing expensive electronics from a retailer in Newport, as well as possession of Class A and Class B drugs.
Fauvel, of Barton Road in Newport, appeared in court on Friday charged with stealing £370 worth of goods from Currys in Newport last Monday (31st January). The items included 2 electric toothbrushes, 2 Braun shavers, and a pair of Song headphones – similar items to those that Fauvel was selling on Facebook last week.
As well as the shoplifting charge, Fauvel appeared before Magistrates charged with possession of cocaine and possession of cannabis.
The 37-year-old previously appeared in court in June 2021 charged with theft and assault, for which he was handed a 12-month community order. It follows another court appearance in October 2020 for assault and being drunk & disorderly.
Magistrates handed down an 8-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, and ordered Fauvel to pay £370 compensation to Currys in £20 instalments. The forfeiture of the drugs was ordered.
Pathetic sentences again….
The regular shoplifters are well known to the shops they steal from. Most steal to fund drug taking or alcohol addiction; a large majority of cases don’t even get to court.
You’re assuming that. Many steal to eat. This is what benifit sanctions get you. They most definitely don’t make people work.
Remember when the Tories said they would be “tough on crime” even though they could of been over the last ten years? Me either. Now if this dude made a joke like Jimmy Carr did they’d rush to write up laws in response.
Remember ‘tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime’? Labour have had plenty of opportunities too, they had 13 years in power before the Tories and look where that left us. They’re all as bad as each other.
Eh? The laws against stealing and drug taking are already written. The problem here is the Police only seem to want to deal with easy wins where they don’t have to leave the office or get out of their cars, or spend money, than dealing with actual real-world crime.