AN ABERYSTWYTH man who twice stole food and alcohol from Aberystwyth’s Marks and Spencer store has been fined by magistrates.

Mark French, of 13 Corporation Street, pleaded guilty to stealing £38.07 worth of food and alcohol from the store on 16 May this year and £62.10 worth of items on 10 June when he appeared before Aberystwyth magistrates last week.

French, 45, was fined £80 and must pay compensation, £85 costs and a £32 surcharge.