AN ALLEGED meat thief and a man said to have stolen four cans of lager were among the latest cases heard at Worcester Magistrates Court. 

Benjamin Parkinson, 31, from Swallowfields in Worcester, is wanted after failing to appear at Worcester Magistrate's Court on January 21, 2021. 

On November 12, 2020 Parkinson allegedly stole four cans of Carling and other items thought to amount to about £10 from Tesco.

It is also said that on the same day Parkinson used threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, with intent to cause Mohammed Rahmen to believe that immediate unlawful violence would be used against  him. It was said the offence was also racially aggravated.

Meanwhile,  Lianne Timmin, 34, of Oakridge Close in Worcester is also wanted for failing to appear at Worcester Magistrate's Court on January 21, 2021. 

Timmin was charged with two counts of theft, both involving meat from Tesco in Kidderminster. 

The first offence is said to have taken place on February 24, 2020 when Timmin is thought to have stolen £54.61 worth of meat. Then he was said to have stolen 49.74 worth of meat on March 3 2020.