Sentence: 1 year imprisonment
David Manton conducted a three-month crime spree, stealing from M&S and Sainsbury’s stores across various locations in London, including Bexleyheath, Sutton, Brentwood, Barnet, Islington, Camden, Kensington and Chelsea, and Moorgate. His spree began on February 6 at Sainsbury’s in Bexleyheath, where he stole £356 from the till. He subsequently stole £1,000 from M&S in Kensington and Chelsea, £600 from M&S in Barnet, and targeted other stores, stealing thousands of pounds in total from cash registers.