A serial thief who targeted delivery lorries in East Kilbride told police “I just went to the shops to get fags for my maw”.
Dad-of-two Darren McCormack stole cigarettes worth at least £10,000 over a three-week period in September.He then threatened a driver with a weapon after being bailed.McCormack, 30, was last week jailed for two years and two months when he appeared by video link at Hamilton Sheriff Court.He admitted a string of thefts from lorries in East Kilbride, attempted thefts, assault and robbery, and breaching a curfew.Chloe O’Hara, prosecuting, said McCormack would creep into the back of a lorry while the driver was making a delivery and make off with cigarettes.Two of the thefts happened at Buchandyke Service Station, one
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