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Crime

Supermarket worker who stole every shift for two years 'hideous' behaviour,
says judge

  Maia Hart15:09, Oct 15 2021
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  A supermarket employee with an early shift had been stealing about $350
  worth of groceries every week for two years. (File photo)
  123rf/Stuff
  A supermarket employee with an early shift had been stealing about $350
  worth of groceries every week for two years. (File photo)

  A judge has said he struggles to, in part, understand the explanation
  of a supermarket worker who stole grocery items nearly every shift for
  two years, totalling $36,000.

  The man, who cannot be named, was employed at a Blenheim supermarket at
  the time of the offending and had been working there for about two
  years when he started to take advantage of his early shifts.

  Before the store opened, he would take a large rubbish bag and walk
  around the store filling the bag with items from the shelves, a police
  summary of facts said.

  He would leave the bag at a rear exit until he was able to transfer it
  to his car.

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  He took about a dozen items every day he was at work, worth a weekly
  total of $350 on average, between 2018 and 2020, the summary said.

  Store security was alerted when he deactivated the alarms earlier than
  expected on September 12, 2020.

  The security officer checked the security cameras and saw the man
  loading items into his car.

  They alerted the owners of the store, who checked the cameras from home
  The man was sentenced on six charges of theft by a person in a special
  relationship at the Blenheim District Court.

  Ricky Wilson/Stuff

  The man was sentenced on six charges of theft by a person in a special
  relationship at the Blenheim District Court.

  When questioned by police, the man admitted stealing items and said he
  had been doing it for about two years.

  The man admitted six charges of theft by a person in a special
  relationship at the Blenheim District Court in October last year. He
  was sentenced on those charges on Monday.

  Judge Gary Barkle said the estimated loss was approximately $36,000,
  but the exact number would “never be known”.

  The man's lawyer, Philip Watson, said the man had refinanced his house
  in order to pay back the money. The housing market had helped him with
  the equity, Watson said.

  “Instead of losing the family home, he has got employment. The bank he
  was with disowned him, he went to a mortgage broker and got a higher
  loan,” he said.

  Watson said a breakdown of communication with his wife was what lead to
  offending, as the man thought they barely had any money left over at
  the end of week.

  “It was the stress. They weren't communicating about what was leftover.
  He thought he had $60,” Watson said.

  Watson said his wife actually had money leftover at the end of the
  week.

  He said the man had since gained employment with a winery in Blenheim,
  and was getting his life back on track.

  Judge Barkle said the offending was a gross breach of trust.

  “I struggle, to some degree, with the explanation,” Judge Barkle said.

  Despite the man having no prior convictions, the cumulative nature of
  the offending meant he lost “a lot of the credit” for his clean record.

  “It happened for two years, almost daily. There must have been 500 to
  600 occasions where he took who knows what,” Judge Barkle said.

  He said it “seemed apparent” once he started, he could not stop.

  “The number is only an estimate, it got addictive, it’s hideous,” Judge
  Barkle said.

  The court heard the offending had been “earth-shattering” for the man’s
  family.

  “Every indication is that his wife had no idea what was taking place,”
  Judge Barkle said.

  “His rationalisation was, so he could put food on his table for two
  children. Everyone must live within their means. Families who live on
  much less, do so successfully.”

  Judge Barkle sentenced the man to six months’ home detention and 175
  hours community. He was ordered to pay reparation of $36,000, which was
  in a trust ready to be paid.

  The man’s pastor, and eldest child had written a letter to the court
  arguing the man should be granted permanent name suppression, which
  Judge Barkle granted.

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