Couple caught shoplifting in Dungannon Home Bargains store
A couple with an address in Dungannon who pleaded guilty to stealing items from the local Home Bargains store have each been fined £200 with a £15 offender's levy at Dungannon Magistrates Court.
Jandra Legotiene, aged 50, and 56-year-old Eduardas Fioklinas, from Sycamore Hill, Dungannon, admitted stealing the items, valued £55.19, on April 17 last year.
District Judge Francis Rafferty also ordered them to each pay compensation of £27.60 to Home Bargains.
The court heard police called at the couple’s address after viewing CCTV footage of them putting mutiple items into a bag and leaving without paying the receipt of £55.19.
A defence lawyer stressed that there had no further interactions with the police since the incident.
He asked the court to take into account that both defendants were in full time employment, one worked in a factory and the other was an air conditioning engineer.
The judge allowed each of them 10 weeks to pay the fines and compensation.