A BRADFORD man has been fined for stealing a number of chocolate bars from a city shop.

Simon Taylor, 37, of Grantham Place, faced one theft from a shop charge.

He stole 39 Galaxy chocolate bars, worth a total of £116.61, from Home Bargains, Forster Square Retail Park, Valley Road, Bradford. The offence took place on April 14, 2022.

Taylor was fined £60, ordered to pay £116.61 compensation, £85 costs to the Crown Prosecution Service and a £34 victim surcharge for the offence. The total sum to be recovered is £295.61. A collection order was made and an application was made for deductions to benefits.

The case was proved in his absence at Bradford & Keighley Magistrates’ Court on August 17, 2022 and he was sentenced two days later.

 

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