A 22-YEAR-OLD man has been hit with a court bill of £369 for the theft of wireless earbuds and Jack Daniels whiskey from Asda at Merry Hill.
Hashim Mohamed, of Arthur Road, Birmingham, stole the items, worth £67, from Asda supermarket at the shopping centre on September 2, 2021.
He was fined £120, ordered to pay a £34 surcharge to fund victim services and £135 in costs to the Crown Prosecution Service when sentenced at Walsall Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday January 11.
Court papers state the offence was committed while Mohamed was the subject of a 12-month conditional discharge given for two charges of criminal damage, a charge of entering a restricted area without a ticket and obstructing a police officer.
He admitted the breach and was fined £80 for the four offences in total, bringing his total court bill to £369.
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