Worker took store booze
A CHICKEN factory worker was fined £450 for stealing three bottles of liquor.
Nerijus Razma, 21,took the bottles of Jack Daniels, worth £82, from Asda in North Hykeham, on August 9.
He was stopped by security staff, Lincoln Magistrates' Court heard.
Marie Stace, prosecuting, said that in a police statement, Razma said he was so drunk he could not remember the incident.
Razma, of Winn Street, Lincoln, pleaded guilty to theft.
Bill Miller, mitigating, said: "There are a number of offences from 2009 and the first half of this year. They were all drug related.
"He was addicted to heroin."
Magistrates fined Razma £450. He will also pay £85 in prosecution costs and a £15 victims' surcharge.
Comments
by Julian, Slovenia
Wednesday, September 01 2010, 1:56AM
“Why is this man being prosecuted?
Nerijus should be commended for his improved behaviour.
Instead of stealing to buy heroin, he is now stealing a socially approved medicine from the oldest registered distillery in the United States.
Made from pure, iron-free cave spring water, the entire whiskey-making process of milling, yeasting, fermentation, distillation, charcoal mellowing, and maturation.is overseen by a Master Distiller.
By stealing Jack Daniels Nerijus has shown he is heading for rehabilitation.
Moreover if he was so drunk that he can't remember anything about the incident, this demonstrates not only the effectiveness of a product wisely chosen, but also the possibility, in solipsistic terms, that it never happened.
The conviction is unsafe. The store security guards were obviously not enjoying the benefits of a relaxing, smooth glass of whisky at the time or they would have also not remembered catching Mr Razma, his forgetting to pay or to change the tape.
Crime experts and aluminium saucepan users all know what a tricky thing memory can be.”