A BURGLAR with an "appalling" record has been jailed after stealing a charity box from a Hereford business.

Jonathan Tisdale entered a guilty plea when he appeared before magistrates in Kidderminster.

The court heard the 48-year-old had burgled Herefordshire Fire Protection Services in Hereford's Mortimer Trading Estate by entering as a trespasser on August 30 and stealing a charity box.

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Magistrates said Tisdale, of Gravel Hill, Ludlow, has an appalling record and has been recalled on another offence and jailed him for eight weeks. He must also pay compensation of £100 and

No costs order or victim surcharge was imposed in order to allow compensation to take priority.

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