A pal offered them a room for the night, the next minute the TV was gone

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A thieving couple repeatedly stole parcels, shoplifted and even exploited a kind-hearted friend to get their next fix. John Firth, 45, and Aileen Cullinane, 35, were sleeping rough when a friend offered them a room for the night.

The next morning they had left, and had taken her TV, make-up and prescription tablets. Both were in the throes of a drug addiction, with Cullinane spending up to £60 a day on heroin, Manchester Crown Court heard.

Firth, who racked up a whopping 118 offences on his criminal record, had also stolen items including washing scent boosters and coffee to fund his addiction.

Jailing him, the Recorder of Manchester, judge Nicholas Dean KC told him: “If you continue the way you have been over the last few years you will either spend the rest of your life in prison or dead before you are 50.” In chronological order Tobias Collins, prosecuting, outlined the offences.