A prolific shop thief has narrowly avoided a return to prison after dashing out of a supermarket with a trolley full of shopping.
Leon Tilt, 33, of Midland Road, Swadlincote, pleaded guilty to one charge of theft from a shop when he appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court in Derby.
Lynn Bickley, prosecuting, described how Tilt had visited Asda on the city's Sinfin Lane on 4th April 2019.
She said: "The defendant goes to Asda, in Sinfin Lane.
"He starts filing up a trolley with items to the value of £256.90. He pushes the trolley out of the store without making payment.
"He makes his way to the car park and is chased by security staff."
Tilt abandoned the loaded trolley in the store's car park, so all of the goods were recovered.
Alice Hornsby, mitigating, told the court that Tilt had stolen the goods to feed himself.
"His benefits had been stopped and he had no money", she said.
"It was a blip. He has attended his supervision appointments and has started opening up to them.
"He is no longer taking heroin and is on a methadone script."
Magistrates sentenced Tilt to 12 weeks' imprisonment, suspended for 12 months. A condition of the order is that he will undergo a 12 week electronically monitored curfew between the hours of 7 pm and 7 am.
Tilt was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £115 and prosecution costs of £85.
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