The sticky-fingered thief stole 48 Twix bars, 48 Snickers bars, 24 Bounty bars and 24 Yorkie bars.
A sweet-toothed shoplifter is behind bars for the second time this year – this time for stealing more than 140 chocolate bars worth £116.
Jordan Thomson’s brazen heist was caught on camera – just months after he had been released from prison for stealing from other shops.
The sticky-fingered thief stole 48 Twix bars, 48 Snickers bars, 24 Bounty bars and 24 Yorkie bars from a Co-Op in Worthing, West Sussex on April 13.
CCTV footage from the audacious raid showed Thomson, 30, taking whole boxes of chocolates off the shelves and stuffing them in his jacket.
He was also caught loading five large packets and bottles of washing detergent into a black rucksack, then snatching 10 jars of coffee from another shop.
In one theft, the 30-year-old appeared to pick up three boxes full of chocolate bars and brazenly strolled out the store.
As well as the 10 jars of coffee, Thomson also pilfered five packets of washing detergent, two bottles of vodka and a large amount of meat from various stores around the seaside town over the space of a few weeks, police said.
As a well-known shoplifter, staff quickly spotted Thomson and called police, handing over a tranche of CCTV clips.
Other shops he raided included another Co-Op in Worthing, as well as a Savers and a Tesco in the town plus another Co-Op around seven miles along the coast in Shoreham.
All the goods Thomson, of no fixed address, stole across the five different shops came to a total of £357.40, according to Sussex Police.
At Crawley Magistrates’ Court, he was jailed for just over five months – 22 weeks – and ordered to pay £239 in costs after pleading guilty to six counts of theft.
Sergeant Sam Milsom, of Sussex Police’s Response Investigations Team, said today: ‘We were able to secure charges against a prolific offender and prevent further loss to businesses in Adur and Worthing.
‘I hope Thomson learns from his previous mistakes and gets the support he needs to put a stop to his criminality, which causes so much harm to the business community.’
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