A man caught on CCTV stealing a Poppy Appeal tin from a shop counter on
Remembrance Sunday has been jailed for a year.

Adrian Holmes, 29, from Giles Road in Oxford, snatched the money from Rowes
Newsmarket in Wallingford Street in Wantage, Oxfordshire.

The thief, a heroin addict, was branded "the lowest of the low" by the
mayor.

Magistrate Richard Jones told Holmes he could not see any alternative to a
custodial sentence.

'Felt gutted'

It is thought the collection tin contained about £70.

Stock controller Debbie Stoter, who was working in the shop at the time,
said it was a "brazen" theft and the defendant "obviously didn't care".

Holmes also took another tin from the nearby Charlton Park Garden Centre on
the same day.

Mayor of Wantage Patrick O'Leary said: "I felt gutted when I heard about
this.

"It can only be the lowest of the low for somebody to do that."

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/h...re/7752676.stm

Published: 2008/11/27 20:49:35 GMT

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On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:34:03 -0000, "Airmax"
wrote:

A man caught on CCTV stealing a Poppy Appeal tin from a shop counter on
Remembrance Sunday has been jailed for a year.

Adrian Holmes, 29, from Giles Road in Oxford, snatched the money from Rowes
Newsmarket in Wallingford Street in Wantage, Oxfordshire.

The thief, a heroin addict, was branded "the lowest of the low" by the
mayor.

Magistrate Richard Jones told Holmes he could not see any alternative to a
custodial sentence.

'Felt gutted'

It is thought the collection tin contained about £70.

Stock controller Debbie Stoter, who was working in the shop at the time,
said it was a "brazen" theft and the defendant "obviously didn't care".

Holmes also took another tin from the nearby Charlton Park Garden Centre on
the same day.

Mayor of Wantage Patrick O'Leary said: "I felt gutted when I heard about
this.

"It can only be the lowest of the low for somebody to do that."

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/h...re/7752676.stm

Published: 2008/11/27 20:49:35 GMT

© BBC MMVIII

12 Months seems a bit steep despite what he did .Must have been 3
months + 9 for a morality penalty

On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:34:03 +0000, Airmax wrote:

A man caught on CCTV stealing a Poppy Appeal tin from a shop counter on
Remembrance Sunday has been jailed for a year.

Adrian Holmes, 29, from Giles Road in Oxford, snatched the money from
Rowes Newsmarket in Wallingford Street in Wantage, Oxfordshire.

The thief, a heroin addict, was branded "the lowest of the low" by the
mayor.

Heroin is made from poppies! He's just retrieving some of the advertising
budget.