AN ATTACKER stole a £200 Rab jacket from Hereford's Trekkit shop, a court has heard.

Andrew Grubb entered guilty pleas to one count of assault by beating and one count of theft from a shop when he appeared before magistrates in Hereford in June.

The court heard from prosecutor Mark Hambling that the 62-year-old had assaulted a man by beating in an incident in Hereford on May 4.

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He had also stolen a Rab jacket, worth £200 from Trekkit in Hereford on the same date, the court heard.

Grubb, of Katherines Walk, Ledbury, was handed a six month conditional discharge for the theft, with magistrates saying they had taken his guilty plea into account.

He was also ordered to pay compensation of £50 to the assault victim, prosecution costs of £70, and a £26 victim surcharge.


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