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Shoplifter jailed for a year after multiple offences against single store

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A serial shoplifter who targeted a One Stop store in Hampshire has been jailed for more than a year. A 54-week sentence was handed out to Harry Wild, 29, of Partridge Gardens in Waterlooville, by Portsmouth magistrates for charges that included four separate counts of…

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