A SHOPLIFTER who targeted the Co-op 10 times in three weeks told the magistrates he “didn’t mind a bit of graft”.
David Mundy, 31, who was banned from every Co-op in England last year, had only been out of prison for eight days when his spree began on March 30.
Over three weeks, he stole £362-worth of goods from the Co-operative. On Monday, April 19, he committed three separate thefts at the chain’s stores – making off with £69-worth of laundry products and meat worth £75.50.
Prosecutor Keith Ballinger told Swindon Magistrates’ Court that of the 80 offences on Mundy’s record, 53 were for theft.
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In December 2019, he was jailed for 16 weeks after he smashed 43 windows at the Deer’s Leap pub in Penhill then kicked a police constable in the head.
He was given 12 weeks in custody in January this year for assaulting an emergency worker and criminal damage. Mundy was released from prison on licence on March 22, just eight days…
