A Pembroke man who walked out of a supermarket with a trolley full of goods without paying has appeared in court to admit a charge of theft.

Thirty-six-year-old Gwyn Davies of The Green, appeared at Haverfordwest Magistrates Court on Tuesday, to plead guilty to stealing groceries to the value of £354.51 from Morrisons in Haverfordwest.

Prosecutor Sian Vaughan told magistrates that a senior manager at the store had his attention drawn to the defendant at around 4.20 pm on December 2.

“Mr. Davies was pushing a trolley around and placing items in it in a box format to conceal other items.

“He left the store, making no effort to pay for the goods, and was stopped outside and asked to produce a receipt,” she explained, adding that Mr. Davies had recently appeared in court for unrelated matters, including common assault and criminal damage, for which he was given a community order.

Mr. Davies’s solicitor told the court that his client suffered with arthritis and also mental health issues and had stopped working as a fisherman.

As a result, he didn’t have any money to pay for the goods and admitted going into the store, filling up his trolley and walking out.

Magistrates ordered Mr. Davies to undertake 60 hours of unpaid work to add to his community order, and ordered him to pay prosecution costs of £85 and an £85 victim surcharge.