Sun cream thief escapes jail

A SLIPPERY customer who stole sun cream from Marks & Spencer has narrowly escaped a spell on the inside.

Martin Hoyland, of Reynolds Close, Flanderwell, was handed a four-week prison sentence  suspended for 12 months, for pinching sun tan lotion worth £328 from the high street giant’s Meadowhall store.

Hoyland, who was already on a court order for previous offences, admitted committing the theft on June 7 last year when he appeared before Sheffield magistrates.

He also admitted trespassing a building equipped to steal after illegally entering Mothern Road surgery on May 20 this year and was handed a 20-week jail term, also suspended for a year, for this offence — making a total of 24 weeks.

Hoyland was ordered to pay £372 compensation to the doctor’s surgery.