Derbyshire drug addict jailed for convenience store booze raids

Daniel Parker, 31, swiped seven bottles of Jack Daniels and two bottles of vodka as well as two bottles of detergent during the theft binge.

Chesterfield Magistrates Court heard how Parker was serving a suspended sentence at the time of the offences - which happened between August and September.

Parker’s solicitor Kirsty Sargent told magistrates he had relapsed into drug misuse after the relationship with his mother broke down and he and his long-term partner parted ways.

She said: “For the first time in a long time Mr Parker is alone, has relapsed and these offences occurred.

“It’s a sorry situation that he finds himself in prison and facing a custodial sentence.”

Parker, appearing via prison videolink, admitted four counts of theft, failing to comply with a community order, committing a further offence while serving a suspended sentence and failing to surrender to bail.

The defendant, of Dale Road, Matlock Bath, was jailed for 24 weeks, made to pay £175 compensation to Sainsbury’s and £5.50 compensation to One Stop.

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