Wanted man convicted of stealing four cans of lager
Archie Gates, currently of no fixed address, was wanted on suspicion of committing further offences and displaying poor behaviour on his release from prison earlier this year, police said.
Following enquiries, he was arrested in Broadfield Park, Crawley, on Saturday (1 June) and remanded in custody, according to police.
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Hide AdAt Crawley Magistrates’ Court today (Monday, June 4), he was charged with stealing four cans of Stella Artois lager from Iceland in Queens Walk, East Grinstead, on 22 April.
He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three weeks’ detention in a young offender’s institution, said police.
He was also ordered to pay £85 costs and a £115 victim surcharge.