Portsmouth man jailed for stealing more than £1,200 worth of goods from stores

Johnny Kerridge of Kingston Crescent, Portsmouth was sentenced to 19 months for a robbery and a string of shoplifting offences in Portsmouth.

The 37-year-old was jailed at Portsmouth Crown Court on Friday after he previously pleaded guilty to ten counts of theft from a shop.

His sentence relates to the following offences:

On Saturday, November 16, 2019, shortly before 6pm, cigarettes worth around £70 were stolen from the Waitrose store on Marmion Road.

On Saturday, November 16, 2019 at 10.15pm, Kerridge grappled with a member of staff at the Co-Op store on Great Southsea Street in order to then take cash from the till. No-one was injured.

On Friday, August 14 at 8.20pm, £176 worth of tobacco was stolen from the One Stop store on Chichester Road.

On Saturday, August 22, around £120 worth of tobacco and chocolate was stolen from the Sainsburys Local store on Albert Road on three separate occasions.

On Sunday, August 23, at 6.55pm, meat and cheese products worth around £40 were taken from the Co-Op store on Fawcett Road.

On Monday, August 24 at 7.45pm, £40 worth of confectionary was stolen from the Co-Op store on Elm Grove.

On Tuesday, August 25 at 6.25pm, £60 worth of confectionary was taken from The Co-Op store on Fawcett Road.

On Thursday, August 27 at 7.10pm, around £280 worth of products including meat, fish, cheese and chocolate were stolen from the Co-Op store on Copnor Road.

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On Thursday, September 3 at 2.10pm, meat products worth around £130 were stolen from The Co-Op store on Francis Avenue.

On Saturday, September 5 at 9.30am, £110 worth of meat and various other products were taken from the Co-Op store on Elm Grove.

On Saturday, September5 at 2.55pm, around £200 worth of meat and chocolate was taken from the Co-Op store at The Hard.

On Sunday, October 4 at 6.05pm, tobacco products worth approximately £30 were stolen from the Co-Op store on Northern Parade.

He was also found to be in breach of a suspended sentence order imposed in April at Portsmouth Magistrates Court for three counts of failing to stop, one count of driving while disqualified and two counts of theft.

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