A THIEF stole red wine, sandwiches and a scotch egg from a shop in Basingstoke.

Milo Difford, of Woodgarston Drive, took two bottles of wine, five sandwiches and the scotch egg from a Southern Co-op on November 14, last year.

He also stole wine, to the value of £19 from Asda in Southampton on December 9, last year.

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The 24-year-old admitted two charges of theft from a shop during a hearing at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, March 13.

Magistrates fined Difford £120 and ordered him to pay court costs of £85 and a £48 victim surcharge.