Hucknall man given 10-week suspended sentence for stealing £500 hot tub

At Nottingham Magistrates’ Court, Justin Lamb, 25, of Broomhill Road, pleaded not guilty to stealing the hot tub, worth £520, belonging to Britt Ackroyd, on July 6, 2021.

But he was found guilty and sentenced to 10 weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months and ordered to pay £520 compensation.

Lamb also pleaded guilty to several thefts and an attempted theft from the Morrisons Daily store on Portland Road in Hucknall.

On October 7, 2021, he stole a case of bacon worth £50; On October 17, 2021, he stole meat and chocolate worth a total of £35.96; On November 7, 2021, he stole sirloin steak, seven packs of sausages and 32 Twix chocolate bars, to the value of £50; On November 16, 2021, he attempted to steal a number of meat items of unknown value; On November 17, he stole a number of chocolates of value unknown; On November 25, 2021, he stole four packs of meat worth £15;

Lamb also pleaded guilty to stealing two trays of chewing gum, worth £12, from Peppers News Agency on Watnall Road in Hucknall on September 12, 2021.

He also pleaded guilty to failing to surrender to custody at Mansfield Magistrates’ Court on January 10, having been released on bail.

For each offence, he was sentenced to four weeks in prison, all suspended for 12 months, running consecutively to his 10-month sentence for stealing a hot tub.

He was also order to pay £12 compensation for the theft at the Peppers store and £161.24 for the Morrisons thefts.