Prison sentence for Bonnybridge BBQ thief

An offender who broke into a garden shed to pinch a barbecue, gas bottle and bag of compact discs will not be creeping into anyone’s back door for the next few months.

By Herald Reporter

Published 18th Oct 2020, 12:20 BST

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Craig Lees (39) appeared from custody at Falkirk Sheriff Court via video link on Thursday having pled guilty to the theft he committed at a premises in Sinclair Place, Bainsford on March 6 last year. He also admitted failing to attend court on April 3, 2019.

The court heard Lees, who has been a drug addict since he was 16, had taken himself off to a religious retreat in Stoke-on-Trent to “help him with his problems”.

Sheriff Derek Hamilton heard Lees, 36 Bonnyside Road, Bonnybridge, had been remanded in custody for five months and was expecting a prison sentence for an offence being dealt with a Livingston Sheriff Court.

Sheriff Hamilton sentenced Lees to a further four months in prison.