Shop theft and retail crime sentencings – August 2024

The following people are among those who have been sentenced at Northampton Magistrates’ Court in August for shop theft or retail crime offences. Their cases have been featured because of either repeat offending and/or aggravating factors including associated violent or drug-related offending.

Northamptonshire Police is committed to delivering against the national Retail Crime Action Plan and we will continue to work alongside our retail business partners to reduce retail theft and offences against retail staff, while bringing more offenders to justice.

August 1

Stuart Anderson, aged 44, of Booth Meadow Court, Northampton, admitted one count of theft from a shop in Northampton on April 2. Ordered to pay £85 costs, £80 fine and £87.50 compensation.

August 2

Phillip Leitch, aged 35, of Bonington Walk, Corby, admitted one count of theft from a shop in Corby on June 22. Sentenced to eight weeks’ imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, with 12-month supervision period, rehabilitation activity of up to 24 days, and ordered to pay £520 compensation.

August 3

Ryan Hutchings, aged 31, of Drovers Walk, Northampton, admitted one count of theft from a shop in Northampton on July 22. Sentenced to 28 days’ imprisonment, ordered to pay £85 costs and £30.50 compensation.

August 6

Christopher Nast, aged 41, of no fixed address, admitted three counts of theft from a shop in Rushden on July 27 and 29, and August 5, and three counts of failing to comply with a community protection notice in Rushden on the same dates. Sentenced to a total of 24 weeks’ imprisonment, ordered to pay £85 costs and a total of £80 compensation.

August 7

Ashley Nestor, aged 35, of Pilton Close, Northampton, admitted one count of theft from a shop in Northampton on July 31. Sentenced to a total of 30 weeks’ imprisonment, including the activation of a previously imposed suspended sentence for theft offences, and ordered to pay £42.70 compensation.

Robert Gray, aged 53, of Newark Drive, Corby, admitted one count of theft from a shop in Kettering on August 3. Sentenced to 10 weeks’ imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, and ordered to pay £85 costs and £154 victim surcharge.

August 8

Benjamin Smith, aged 34, of Booth Meadow Court, Northampton, admitted one count of theft from a shop in Northampton on June 27. Sentenced to a 12-month conditional discharge, ordered to pay £85 costs.

August 9

Tony Barrett, aged 26, of Heron Fields, Billing Aquadrome, Northampton, admitted two counts of theft from a shop in Rushden on June 23 and 28, and one count of failing to surrender to court bail on August 1. Fined a total of £150, ordered to pay £85 costs and £300 compensation.

August 10

Deon Degroot, aged 25, of Bourne Crescent, Northampton, admitted three counts of theft from a shop in Northampton on July 16 and 19, and August 5. Sentenced to a total of three weeks’ imprisonment, ordered to pay a total of £142.70 compensation.

August 12

Scott Connelly, aged 44, of West Glebe Road, Corby, admitted two counts of theft from shops in Corby on June 3 and 16. Ordered to pay £85 costs, £64 victim surcharge, £161 fine and compensation totalling £40.75.

Christopher Graham, aged 33, of Mendip Way, Corby, admitted one count of theft from a shop in Corby on June 2. Ordered to pay £85 costs, £48 victim surcharge, £120 fine and £35 compensation.

John Anthony Shaw, aged 40, of no fixed address, admitted one count of theft from a shop in Northampton on August 10, one count of using threatening/abusive/insulting words/behaviour with intent to cause fear of/provoke unlawful violence in Northampton June 18, and one count of failing to surrender to court bail on August 8. Sentenced to a total of 28 days’ imprisonment.

August 14

David Lloyd Chapman, aged 42, of no fixed address, convicted of one count of theft from a shop in Rushden on April 12, committed during the operational period of a suspended sentence, and one count of failing to surrender to court bail on August 13. Sentenced to a total of nine weeks’ imprisonment, ordered to pay £200 compensation.

Joseph Giddins, aged 33, of Danefield Road, Northampton, admitted one count of theft from a shop in Northampton on August 7. Ordered to pay £85 costs, £65 fine and £89 compensation.

August 15

Matthew Howse, aged 40, of Briton Terrace, Northampton, admitted three counts of theft from shops in Northampton on May 29, and June 7 and 9, and one count of using threatening/abusive/insulting words/behaviour to cause harassment/alarm/distress on May 29, 2024. Sentenced to a total of 26 weeks’ imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, with 12-month supervision and rehabilitation activity requirement of up to 15 days, ordered to pay a total of £229.92 compensation.

Ruby Parker, aged 31, of Wycombe Road, High Wycombe, Bucks, admitted one count of theft from a shop in Daventry on July 16. Ordered to pay £85 costs and £200 fine.

Patrick Stokes, aged 20, of Nowell Road, Oxford, admitted one count of theft from a shop in Daventry on July 16. Ordered to pay £85 costs and £200 fine.

Anthony Rawle, aged 32, of HM Prison Peterborough, admitted two counts of theft from shops in Rushden on August 12 and 13. Sentenced to a total of 12 weeks’ imprisonment, ordered to pay £21 compensation.

August 16

Luke Scarley, aged 31, of Holyrood House, Northampton, admitted six counts of theft from shops in Northampton and Peterborough in December 2023, and March and June 2024, one count of burglary from a Northampton shop in February, and two counts of failing to appear at court in Peterborough and Northampton in May and August 2023. Sentenced to a total of 45 weeks’ imprisonment and ordered to pay a total of £1,563.97 compensation.

Mandy Natale, aged 36, of no fixed address, admitted two counts of theft from a shop in Northampton in May and June 2024, and one count of remaining on a premises in contravention of a closure order in Northampton in June. Sentenced to a 12-month community order with rehabilitation activity requirement of up to 20 days and ordered to pay £85 costs, £114 victim surcharge and a total of £71.45 compensation.

Tashaun Pink, aged 36, of South Oval, Northampton, admitted one count of theft from a Northampton shop in May, and one count of failing to attend court on August 12. Given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £40 compensation.

Nathan Vickers, aged 25, of St Paul’s Road, Northampton, admitted two counts of theft from shops in Northampton in August. Sentenced to a total of six weeks’ imprisonment and ordered to pay a total of £130.05 compensation.

August 19

Jane Hill, aged 39, of Stephenson Way, Corby, admitted one count of theft from a shop in Raunds in April. Given an 18-month conditional discharge, ordered to pay £85 costs and £150 compensation.

Rhys Martin, aged 29, of Cambridge Street, Rothwell, admitted two counts of theft from shops in Kettering, criminal damage to a shopping centre, assault by beating, and breaching bail conditions, all in August 2024. Sentenced to a 12-month community order with rehabilitation activity requirement of up to 10 days, plus 100 hours unpaid work, and ordered to pay £85 costs and a total of £599.96 compensation.

Aimee Cuthbert, aged 32, of Market Square, Wellingborough, admitted 20 counts of thefts from shops in Rushden and Wellingborough in July and August 2024. Sentenced to a total of 50 weeks’ imprisonment and ordered to pay a total of £1,628.15 compensation.

Daniel Kane Jones, aged 36, of no fixed address, admitted 17 counts of theft from shops in Rushden and Wellingborough in July and August 2024. Sentenced to a total of 46 weeks’ imprisonment and ordered to pay a total of £1,257.05 compensation.

August 21

Sam Lee Labrum, aged 29, of no fixed address, admitted eight counts of thefts from shops in Wellingborough during July and August 2024. Sentenced to a total of four weeks’ imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, and ordered to pay a total of £280 compensation.

Terry Roe, aged 39, of Duck Street, Rushden, admitted five counts of thefts from shops in Wellingborough during August 2024, and one count of possession of a Class B drug (cannabis) on August 19. Sentenced to a total of 12 weeks’ imprisonment and ordered to pay a total of £100 compensation, with a forfeiture and destruction order made for the drugs.

August 22

Andrew Holland, aged 40, of Braybrooke Road, Desborough, admitted one count of theft from a shop on June 7, one count of driving while disqualified and one count of driving without insurance in Desborough, both on June 13, 2024. Sentenced to a 12-month community order with 100 hours of unpaid work, disqualified from driving for six months and ordered to pay a total of £170 costs, £2 compensation and fined a total of £202.

Tatenda Jirrie, aged 44, of Emerald Way, Northampton, admitted three counts of theft from shops in Northampton in June and July 2024, and one count of failing to appear in court on July 11. Sentenced to a 12-month community order with rehabilitation activity requirement of up to 35 days, ordered to pay £85 costs and £30 compensation.

David Leslie Caldwell, aged 45, of no fixed address, admitted five counts of theft from shops in Corby in June, July and August 2024, and one count of using threatening/abusive words/behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress in the town on August 21, all committed while on a community order and while subject to a previously suspended sentence. Sentenced to a total of 16 weeks’ imprisonment and ordered to pay £85 costs and a total of £291.96 compensation.

August 23

Kyle Wakefield, aged 31, of Northampton Road, Wellingborough, admitted eight counts of theft from shops in Wellingborough and Northampton in June and August 2024, and one count of failing to appear in court on July 29. Sentenced to a 12-month community order with six-month drug rehabilitation requirement, rehabilitation activity requirement of up to 15 days, and ordered to pay a total of £803.85 compensation.         

August 27

John Anthony Shaw, aged 40, of no fixed address, admitted two counts of theft from shops in Northampton in June and August 2024. Sentenced to a total of 28 days’ imprisonment and ordered to pay a total of £448.50 compensation.

August 28

Jeffrey Sandadzai, aged 30, of Woodside Way, Northampton, admitted one count of theft from a shop in Northampton on July 10, 2024, committed during the operational period of a suspended sentence. Sentenced to 178 days’ imprisonment.

Ngonidzashe Kademaunga, aged 42, of Edith Street, Northampton, admitted five counts of theft from shops in Northampton in August 2024. Sentenced to a 12-month community order with rehabilitation activity requirement of up to 25 days and ordered to pay a total of £359.10 compensation.                          

August 29

Stephen McKenzie, aged 35, of Drayton Walk, Northampton, admitted two counts of failing to appear in court on June 13 and August 12, 2024, and 13 counts of theft from shops in Northampton between September 2023 and August 2024. Sentenced to a total of 26 weeks’ imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, with a rehabilitation activity requirement of up to 25 days, and ordered to pay a total of £1,513.54.

Philip Holod, aged 40, of Campbell Street, Northampton, admitted one count of theft from a shop in Northampton on May 29, 2024. Sentenced to 12-month community order with six-month drug rehabilitation and rehabilitation activity requirement of up to 25 days, ordered to pay a fine of £100 and compensation of £240.

Connor Hickman, aged 29, of Grange Road, Northampton, admitted one count of theft from a shop in Northampton on July 10, 2024. Sentenced to 24-month community order with rehabilitation activity requirement of up to 40 days and ordered to pay £310 costs and £50 compensation.

Steven Warren, aged 39, of Wade Meadow Court, Northampton, admitted one count of theft from a shop and one count of assault by beating, both in Northampton on May 29, 2024, plus driving while disqualified and driving without insurance in Peterborough on August 14, 2024. Sentenced to a total of 18 weeks’ imprisonment and ordered to pay £170 costs, £154 victim surcharge, and a total of £360 compensation. Disqualified from driving for 40 months with driving record endorsed.

August 31

Tatenda Jirrie, aged 44, of Emerald Way, Northampton, admitted two counts of theft from a Northampton shop on August 25, 2024. Sentenced to a six-month community order with rehabilitation activity requirement of up to 10 days, ordered to pay £85 costs and a total of £110 compensation.