A 26-year-old who stole bottles of booze from a Falmouth supermarket four times within the space of six days has been told he cannot drink alcohol for four months as part of his punishment.

The drinking ban came as persistent alcohol thief Harry Greenwood was finally sentenced at Truro Magistrates’ Court on July 16, for crimes he committed last October againt Sainsbury's Falmouth.

Greenwood, of Trebarvah Road, Constantine had pleaded guilty in January this year to four counts of theft and one of common assault.

The charges involved the theft of bottles of alcohol from Sainsbury’s Falmouth on October 12, October 14, October 16 and October 18, 2023.

No indication was given to the court on how much the stolen alcohol was worth in total.

Greenwood also admitted assaulting a man in Falmouth on October 18.

At the sentencing hearing, the 26-year-old pleaded guilty to a further charge of failing to answer court bail on February 22 this year, having been released on bail as part of criminal proceedings a week earlier.

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For the four thefts, Greenwood was given a community order involving alcohol abstinence and monitoring. It states that he must abstain from drinking alcohol for 120 days – until to November 12, 2024.

In addition, he was given a curfew to stay indoors at his home address for two days, or until a monitoring tag could be fitted.

As part of his sentence, Greenwood must attend appointment and activities as deemed necessary by the responsible officer overseeing his community order, for up to 15 days.

Finally, he was ordered to pay £473 in compensation to Sainsbury’s.

For the assault on a man, Greenwood was ordered to pay an additional £100 in compensation to his victim.

No separate penalty was given for failing to answer bail.

The magistrates said they took his guilty pleas into account when sentencing, adding that they would not be ordering any costs or surcharge, as compensation took priority.