A shoplifter from Preston who police have described as ‘prolific’ has been jailed.​

His offending relates to incidents at stores across central Lancashire which included one at the Spar on Liverpool Road in Penwortham on 10 November in which cigarettes and alcohol were stolen.​

Christopher Leigh was arrested last Thursday (21 November) by Lancashire Constabulary and was later charged with six counts of theft from a shop and a further charge of theft from a motor vehicle.​

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Leigh, 50, of no fixed address, appeared at Preston Magistrates’ Court on Saturday (23 November) and was sentenced to four months in prison.

A further eight-month jail term for breaching a previous suspended sentence, bringing the total sentence to 12 months, was also imposed.

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