A SHOPPER helped himself to seven or eight packs of steak from Marks and Spencer, Kendal, and left without paying, a court heard.

Dean Benson, 39, of Burneside Road, Kendal, was seen on CCTV by the store manager. 
He pleaded guilty to theft when he appeared at South Cumbria Magistrates Court.

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District judge Gerald Chalk said that Benson had just served a prison sentence. "Thieving meat is not a good start," he told Benson. "It's got to stop."

Benson was fined £120 and told to pay £100 compensation, £85 costs and £150 court charges.