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A County Durham man has been ordered to pay compensation after stealing drinks from a post office on consecutive days.
Scott Coates, 42, of Derwent Place, Newton Aycliffe, pleaded guilty at Peterlee Magistrates’ Court on October 2, to stealing crates of drinks from Silverdale Post Office.
The hearing was told Coates took a case of Coke worth £15 on July 25 and returned on July 26, when he stole two crates of energy drinks valued at £60.
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The court ordered Coates to pay a total of £75 compensation to the post office.
A collection order allows the sum to be deducted from his benefits.
Magistrates took his guilty plea taken into account.