A man who stole more than £2,500 worth of goods from a Northallerton department store has been jailed.
Geoffrey Stuart Dobson was sentenced to 20 weeks in prison at York Magistrates’ Court on Friday.
The court heard that Dobson, 43, from Prospect View, Northallerton, stole goods worth £2,504 from Barkers, in the town’s High Street, two days earlier.
At about 3.15pm last Wednesday, Dobson broke into the department store, which was closed and locked.
Inside, he took items of clothing and cycled away – before returning a few minutes later and removing further items.
In total, more than £2,500 worth of stock was stolen from the store, including Armani, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren and Hugo Boss shirts, t-shirts, shorts, hoodies and jackets.
Clear CCTV footage captured a suspect committing the offence, and his face was recognised immediately by local police officers.
Dobson was arrested the following afternoon, and charged with burglary.
He had only been released from HMP Hull on 26 May – one day before the burglary took place.
He pleaded guilty to a single charge of burglary at Friday’s hearing.
The court heard the offence was more serious because it was committed immediately after the defendant had been placed on post-sentence supervision for previous offending, and because of the defendant’s record of previous offending.
As well as being jailed for 20 weeks, Dobson was ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £128.
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