Man with 105 previous offences was caught shoplifting, Antrim court told
A man with 105 offences on his record has been given a suspended sentence for shoplifting.
Christopher Korken (38), with an address listed as Sandhurst Road in Belfast, stole clothing worth £418 from Sports Direct on February 21 this year.
He also stole alcohol and a packet of nuts worth £6.25 from Tesco on January 12 this year. The court heard out of the 105 offences, 32 were for theft.
A defence lawyer said the defendant took the items from Sports Direct to sell on to get money to "pay his keep" at an address.
Sentencing the defendant to six months in prison, suspended for two years, District Judge Nigel Broderick said the offences were "fuelled by addiction issues".
The defendant appeared at Antrim Magistrates Court, sitting in Ballymena, via video link from prison where he was already serving a sentence for another matter with a release date in mid-July.