Alcoholic abused police and stole booze shortly after prison release

An alcoholic was caught stealing booze from a discount store shortly after being released from prison.Danny Clark, 38, of Littleport Street in Lynn, appeared at the town’s magistrates’ court on Thursday, where he pleaded guilty to theft from a shop and being drunk and disorderly in a public place.On June 18, police officers witnessed him shouting and swearing while exiting a shop on High Street at 2pm in the afternoon.

They told him to stop, but he replied by telling them to “f**k off” and referred to them as “c**ts”.Then, on August 25, Clark stole two cans of alcohol from QD Stores in the town centre. He was identified through CCTV footage and arrested on the same day – but not before he had finished the drinks.Mitigating, solicitor Alison Muir said that Clark – who had committed 134 previous offences – was on post-sentence supervision after a recent spell in jail. She said he committed the theft shortly after being released.“One of the problems Mr Clark has is a long term dependency on alcohol,” Ms Muir said. “He has been alcohol-dependent for some time.”However, she said that despite having a “difficult lifestyle”, Clark now has his own accommodation, which will allow him to drink inside rather than in public.Magistrates fined him £40, while he will also pay a £16 victim surcharge and £4.50 in compensation to QD – but no court costs due to his means.