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B&Q hot tub thief jailed for targeting store again

Richard PriceWest Midlands
News imageCheshire Police A police mug shot of Carl Proctor, a man with a stubbly beard and thinning brown hair. He is positioned against a light-coloured backdrop.Cheshire Police
Carl Proctor has been sentenced to 12 weeks in prison for theft as well as breaching his criminal order and drugs offences

A thief who tried to sneak an inflatable hot tub out of a B&Q has been jailed for further crimes at the same store just days after his previous conviction.

Carl Proctor was previously ordered to pay thousands of pounds in compensation and banned from a number of shops for the bungled theft from the B&Q on Weston Road in Crewe, plus a string of other offences.

Just two days later, on 1 October, he breached his criminal order by entering the store and tried to steal equipment worth £147 in total.

Proctor, 41, of Chell Heath Road, Stoke-on-Trent, was sentenced at Crewe Magistrates Court to 12 weeks in prison, to run concurrently with an existing six-month sentence.

News imageGoogle A Google street view image of the front of a large B&Q store viewed from a car park. Many cars are parked in spaces while people can be seen walking around.Google
Carl Proctor stole DIY equipment from B&Q in Crewe just days after being sentenced for trying to steal a Lay-Z-Spa from the store

Proctor had previously pleaded guilty to possession of monkey dust, which is a synthetic psychoactive substance, and possession of cannabis during a separate incident on 6 October.

He was sentenced on Wednesday for all four offences. He was also ordered to pay £147.95 in compensation.

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