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Serial shoplifter warned he faces jail if he doesn't get help with addiction issues
Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A serial shoplifter has been warned he faces jail if he doesn’t get help with his addiction issues.Mark McCutcheon, 30, of Cumbrae Drive, Motherwell, appeared for sentence at Hamilton Sheriff Court this week.He faced 22 theft charges and one charge of assault.Defence agent Diarmid Bruce said his client’s life had “disintegrated” through drug abuse, but he has started to address his problem and a criminal justice social work report was “quite positive”.Sheriff Colin Dunipace pointed out that social workers described McCutcheon’s level of engagement previously as “poor”.“Unfortunately they were not heeded and planning permission was granted .”He told the
