Prison for man who kept stealing hoovers from Cambridgeshire Sainsbury's

Hoover thief Michael King
-Credit: (Image: Cambridgeshire Police)


A thief has been sent to prison - after repeatedly stealing hoovers from Sainsbury's. Michael King was captured on CCTV stealing five of the items from the Ely store on July 9, July 23, July 25, July 27 and July 29.

The 44-year-old, of no fixed address, also stole groceries from the BP in Witchford Road and Waitrose on six occasions between June 9 and August 4. In total the stolen items were worth £1,948.

At Cambridge Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (September 10), King was sentenced to 32 weeks in prison after pleading guilty to 11 counts of shop lifting and activating a previous suspended sentence.

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PC Skye Woodhouse, of Cambridgeshire Police, said: “King has caused misery to businesses across Ely. We hope this sentence will provide some respite to shops impacted by his offending and allow him the opportunity he needs to get support and stop shoplifting.”

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