A Bolton man carried out 12 thefts from shops, including taking 24 Toblerones worth more than £100 and chocolate-shaped game controllers.

Joshua Grimshaw targeted the Card Factory at the Breightmet Retail Park in May this year.

The 28-year-old stole £120 worth of Toblerone bars.

The same month he stole 16 bottles of Fairy Liquid from Home Bargains, also at Breightmet Retail Park, with an unknown value.

On a separate date in May he stole Father's Day chocolate shaped game controllers worth £10 from the Card Factory at Breightmet Retail Park.

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Eleven days later he returned to the same store and stole £20 of chocolates.

In April he stole meats worth £30 from Morrisons on Tonge Old Road.

Also in May he stole £90 of Father's Day confectionary from the Card Factory at Breightmet Retail Park, and on another date stole £25 of the same item from the same store before returning once again to steal an unknown amount of items from that shop.

Also in May he stole a basket full of items worth £80 from Nisa Local in Bolton and on another date in the same month stole £70 of meat from Aldi, also in Bolton.

In April he went to the Aldi on Breightmet Fold Lane and stole £70 of meat.

The same month he stole five bottles of gin worth £80 from the Breightmet Retail Park.

Grimshaw, from Bury Road, Breightmet, Bolton, admitted the 12 thefts thefts at Manchester Magistrates Court.

Following this he was placed on a community order to last for a year.

He was ordered to do 20 rehabilitation activity requirement days and to complete 100 hours of unpaid work.

He was also told to pay compensation of £285.