A Truro man has been jailed after being caught shoplifting in a Newquay supermarket.
Robert Edwards Derosa was challenged by security staff in Sainsbury's on Alma Place, Newquay last Wednesday, 24th April 2019.
The 37 year-old, of City Road in Truro, was detained and became aggressive towards staff in the supermarket. The police arrived shortly afterwards and Derosa became violent, assaulting five police officers and a security officer.
Derosa appeared in custody at Bodmin Magistrates' Court on Friday, 28th April 2019. He admitted five charges of assaulting an emergency worker, assault by battery, theft, a public order offence and breaching a criminal behaviour order. You can read the terms of that order here.
Magistrates agreed that the totality of Derosa's offending was so serious that immediate custody was the only appropriate sentence. He was jailed for 16 weeks.
Inspector Dave Meredith of Devon and Cornwall Police said: "The actions of this individual were truly reprehensible.
"Five police officers and a store security officer were subject to unprovoked assaults by this man.
"It is reassuring to see that the courts have dealt with the offences with a custodial sentence. Newquay is now a safer place with this man behind bars."
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