A man who stole 2 bottles of prosecco from Tesco in Lake and then downed 1 of them before Police could arrive has been handed a £40 fine.
Leszek Berezniak, 32, of Grove Road in Sandown pleaded guilty to theft from a shop when he appeared at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court earlier this week.
Prosecuting, Tom Cork told the court that on 13th February 2022 staff at the Tesco Express in Lake were alerted by a customer after they saw a man leave the store with 2 bottles of prosecco without paying for them.
Management at the Lake Hill store used CCTV to check the footage before they called the Police. Officers found Berezniak nearby but 1 of the bottles had already been consumed – the other was recovered.
Defending, Michael McGoldrick said that his client – who had been in the country for the past 11 years – had recently lost his job and was unsuccessful in his universal credit application. He also added that alcohol was becoming an increasing problem in Berezniak’s life and that this was definitely an expensive bottle of alcohol for him.
Magistrates handed Berezniak a £40 fine. He was also ordered to pay £40 costs, £8 compensation and a £16 surcharge fee.
Another grateful local to enrichen our society
If you come to the UK to make a new life, obey our laws or forfeit the right to stay. We’ve enough toerags of our own without people like this adding to the problem.
Nice Isle Of Wight name!! Just a shame we let him in here more SH1T
Omg, he needs help financially, fined £104 for 2 bottles of Prosecco, people commit worse crimes than this??
Wow.
Recent court report full of people with good, solid, British names committing crimes far worse than this and not a peep from the usual Island Echo swivel-eyed loon brigade.
One Polish guy down on his luck nicks bottle of plonk and they are all over it.
Tip of the iceberg for this guy, has stolen absolutely loads from local shops especially in Sandown, still the usual punishment of a slap on the wrist then straight out to pinch again, we’re all mugs
Prosecco! Someone needs to point him towards the Buckfast.