Jail for shoplifter who stole pressure washer from Wilko
Wilko, Greenbridge Pictures: ADVER/PEXELS A SERIAL shoplifter who stole a Wilko pressure washer just three days after being given a suspended sentence or burglary has been jailed. Beau Houghton, who has 83 theft offences on his record, was spared an immediate jail sentence by the district judge on Monday, March 1. The 44-year-old had admitted stealing a Japanese tea grinder in a non-dwelling burglary at the Paramount Buildings on Princes Street, opposite the magistrates’ court, and also pleaded to a number of other shop thefts. On Friday, Swindon magistrates heard he’d missed an ...