A THIEF had to pay a large compensation fee after a string of thefts in Essex.

Justin Green, 50, of Upton Close, Colchester, admitted to three charges of theft when he appeared in Basildon Magistrates Court on February 8.

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Green admitted to theft from two shops in Colchester and one in Halstead, where he took a variety of alcoholic products.

He was ordered to pay a compensation fee of £421.49.

 

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