A "brazen" shoplifter who failed to appear in court went on another prolific crime spree while on the run. Thomas Knight, 33, even struck at the same stores he had targeted before.
He was first arrested and charged in relation to 11 shop thefts on Berrycroft Lane, Bredbury, which took place between June and mid September this year.
But after pleading guilty to those offences he failed to turn up for sentencing at court twice in September and earlier this month.
Meantime he carried on offending at the same location and at shops in Compstall Road in Romiley committing another 31 crimes.
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