A MAN who went on a five-month-long shoplifting spree across the town has been sentenced to a community order including a drug rehabilitation requirement.
Dean Evans, 38, of Charles Richards Close, Basingstoke, indicated guilty pleas to 24 counts of theft from shops in Basingstoke between November 2025 and April 2026.
The offences spanned two separate case files and targeted a string of stores across the town, including Tesco Express, the Co-operative and One Stop.
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Items stolen included meat products, food, alcohol, confectionery, toiletries, beauty products and household goods. Individual thefts ranged in value from around £43 to approximately £150.
Magistrates at Basingstoke Magistrates' Court sentenced Evans on May 12 to a community order running until May 11, 2027.
The order includes a drug rehabilitation requirement under the Probation Service for 12 months, with Evans required to provide drug testing samples throughout that period, along with up to 15 days of rehabilitation activity as directed by probation. His guilty pleas were taken into account.
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