A man has been charged and sentenced having been arrested in Royston on suspicion of theft and breaching a community protection notice (CPN). 

It was reported that at around 9pm last Wednesday (30 August) cosmetics were stolen from Tesco Express, Market Hill. 

On Thursday (31 August) Paul McGee, aged 52, of Vardon Road, Stevenage, was arrested on suspicion of theft and for having also breached a CPN which had previously been issued in relation to anti-social behaviour.  

He appeared at Hatfield Magistrates Court on Friday (1 September) and, having pleaded guilty to the offences, was ordered to pay £25 compensation for the theft, a £50 fine for failure to comply with the CPN, £85 costs and a £20 victim surcharge.