A shoplifter previously handed a suspended sentence has been jailed after being caught shoplifting again.

Donatas Veckas, 37, entered Esso petrol station in Welland Road, Dogsthorpe, on May 12 and hid cooking oil and multipacks of chocolate worth a total of £28.50.

He picked up a tin of mackerel and took it to the till to pay for the item and left with the additional items without paying for them.

Veckas was arrested at his home address in Dogsthorpe Road, Dogsthorpe, on June 9 and later charged with three counts of theft from a shop after he was found to have stolen food from two other shops.

He appeared at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on Monday June 10, where he was sentenced to 12 weeks in prison, which includes the activation of a suspended sentence which was issued on May 31 after he was convicted of four shoplifting offences.

PC Exposito, who investigated, said: “Veckas tried to escape being caught by paying for a single item, but thanks to the reporting from the impacted businesses, we were able to identify and arrest him.

“As he is now subject of a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) we have greater powers when it comes to his offending, as everytime he is found to be in breach of the order, we are able to arrest him and put him before the courts.”

Veckas was made subject of a two-year CBO in May, which states that he must not enter:

  • Any Lidl, Savers or Tesco in the city of Peterborough
  • Sainsburys in Oxney Road
  • Asda in Rivergate

Anyone with information about Veckas breaching his CBO should contact police via the web chat service or online forms at www.cambs.police.uk/report.

Those without internet access should call 101.