A 28-year-old man has been jailed for three days after stealing nearly £1,000 worth of clothes from TK Maxx in Worcester.

Iulian Costea admitted stealing multiple items of clothing worth a total of £534.89 from the High Street store on May 9, and a further £450 worth of clothes two days later.

Costea, of Alderston Road, Haddington, East Lothian, also admitted being in possession of a security tag detagging device at the time of the other offences.

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Anyone charged with theft or burglary is also liable to be guilty of ‘going equipped for stealing’ if they are carrying any items used specifically to help them commit that offence. 

Worcester magistrates, on Thursday, June 16,  sent Costea to prison for three days for both theft charges and a third charge of going equipped for theft. The sentences were to be served concurrently.