A Driffield man who committed a series of thefts from town centre shops was fined by magistrates in Bridlington last week.
Daniel Carl Jenkinson, 23, of Market Place, pleaded guilty to four charges of theft from a shop before the court last Wednesday.
The court heard that police had visited Jenkinson’s address last month after being informed of an individual trying to sell a chainsaw in the town centre.
As police attended Jenkinson’s house they noticed a plastic bag containing joints of meat and other items.
Jenkinson admitted to police that he had stolen the items contained in the bag, and explained to police what items he had taken from each shop.
He confessed to stealing a Braun shaver worth £19.99 from boots, a cordless screwdriver kit worth £24.00 from Wilkinsons hardware, two legs of lamb from Iceland and an air compressor, drill and grinder set and bottle of wheel cleaner from Boyes.
All the thefts were committed on 12 April.
Mitigating on behalf of Jenkinson, Mark Yarrow, said: “Six months ago my client was run over and was effectively unemployable.
“He was dealing with financial problems when he committed the offences but he is now back in work.
“This is not in his character but happened because of his accident. He has told me that he feels bad about what he did and says he will not be back in court again.”
Presiding magistrate Susan Akril handed Jenkinson a £90 fine and ordered him to pay £85 costs and a £20 victim surcharge.
Mrs Akrill said: “We all think that shoplifting is taken far too lightly these days, you do not take something that doesn’t belong to you.
“For this reason we are going to hit you financially.
“Hopefully you can get yourself back on the straight and narrow. Shoplifting is a nuisance crime and it’s not very nice.”