A Garndolbenmaen man has been fined £80 for stealing a £3.60 bottle of cider from a Penrhyndeudraeth shop.

Jason Barton, of Pen Pistyll, Ffordd Bro Pedr Fardd, appeared before Caernarfon Magistrates’ Court on 2 April.

The 48-year-old pleaded guilty to stealing a bottle of cider worth £3.60 from the Spar store in Penrhyndeudraeth on 21 December last year.

Magistrates handed Barton a fine of £80.

He must also pay compensation to the store of £3.60 as well as £85 prosecution costs.