Hampshire man fined for stealing £6 Ben & Jerry's from Co-op

Brett Worger, 42, of Tongham Road, Aldershot, appeared before Basingstoke Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, August 5, charged with theft from a shop, contrary to the Theft Act 1968.

The court heard that on May 9 this year, Worger stole a tub of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, worth £6, from a Co-op store on Lower Farnham Road, Aldershot.

Prosecuting, the court was told Worger had 47 previous convictions for theft and was on licence at the time for other shoplifting offences committed in March this year.

Basingstoke Magistrates' Court (Image: Newsquest)

Worger, who declined a duty solicitor and represented himself, told the court: "I was a bit drunk. Sorry to the Co-Op."

He was fined £120 and ordered to pay a £48 victim surcharge, along with costs and £6 compensation to the Co-op, to be deducted from his benefits.

Sentencing, magistrate Craig Wooster told him: "That £6 tub of ice cream has cost you a lot of money."