'Don't come near me - I've got a needle': Drug addicted shoplifter's threats

By Mark Lavery
Published 21st Mar 2020, 06:00 BST
Updated 21st Mar 2020, 07:52 BST
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A drug addicted  prolific shoplifter  repeatedly told shop workers "don't come near me - I've got a needle."

Leeds Magistrates' Court heard Ashley Moore made the needle threat on three separate occasions while stealing bottles of whisky and rum from the Co-op store in Outwood, Wakefield.

Moore, of Potovens Lane Outwood, stole property worth more than £1,500 during a shoplifting spree in February and March. Some of the stolen items were recovered.

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Toni McCann, prosecuting, said Moore went to the Co-op on Broad Meadows off Leeds Road at Outwood on March 3 and took bottles of whisky worth £200.

The Co-op at Braod Meadows, Outwood. Image: GoogleThe Co-op at Braod Meadows, Outwood. Image: Google
The Co-op at Braod Meadows, Outwood. Image: Google

Miss McCann said: "He said 'don't come near me, I've got a needle.' That caused distress to members of staff."

Moore, 33, made the same threat while again stealing bottles of whisky worth £200 from the same store on March 8.

And he made the needle threat while stealing six bottles of rum from the store on March 18.