AN ABUSIVE thief has been handed a curfew after repeatedly stealing from shops in Herefordshire.

Daniel Wood admitted six charges of theft from a shop, one of using threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behaviour to cause harassment, alarm, or distress, and one of common assault when he appeared before magistrates in Kidderminster.

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The court heard from prosecutor Aleya Adams that Wood had stolen toiletries from Boots in Leominster on October 22, alcohol worth £164 from Co-op in Kington on January 2, and three pairs of socks worth £24 from The Factory Shop in Leominster on January 23.

He had also stolen 14 steaks worth £90 from Co-op in Leominster on February 1, t-shirts from The Factory Shop, Leominster, on February 8, a trolley full of goods worth £441.89 from Co-op in Church Stretton on March 5, and alcohol and razors from the same shop on March 15.

The 43-year-old had also assaulted a woman and used threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause a man harassment, alarm, or distress on October 22.

Wood, of Ridgemoor Road in Leominster, was handed a 12-month community order with a three-month electronically monitored curfew and a six-month drug rehabilitation treatment requirement.

He was also ordered to pay compensation of £200 to Co-op, £30 to Boots, and £44 to The Factory Shop.