A MAN has been jailed for 24 weeks after pleading guilty to six different counts of theft.

Philip Raymond Simpson, of no fixed abode was sentenced when he appeared at Basingstoke Magistrates Court on April 22.

During the spree which ran from April 13 to April 21 saw Simpson stole items including eight Gilette items and a bottle of Lynx worth £180 from Wilko, £666 worth of Models Own make-up and £262 worth of perfume from Boots.

The 30-year-old pleaded guilty to all six counts and for each charge he received a four-week prison sentence, which would all run consecutively.

He was also ordered to pay £1,182.21 in compensation.