A SHOPLIFTER has been jailed after stealing cheese, chocolate and meat from a Southampton Co-Op store. 

Shane Bartlett, 35, pleaded guilty to five counts of theft from a shop at Southampton Magistrates' Court.

All of the incidents took place at the Co-Op store on Millbrook Road West in June and July. 

On July 12, Bartlett stole meat and cheese to the value of £40.

The next day he stole chocolate worth £34. 

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On July 15, he again walked away with chocolate as well as meat to the value of £15. 

He stole a further £60 worth of goods on July 9 and an unknown quantity on June 21. 

Bartlett, of Patrick House, Southampton was jailed for 24 weeks and must pay court costs of £85.

The offences were committed during the operational period of a suspended sentence.