A wanted man guilty of a string of offences including shoplifting and crashing a stolen car has been jailed for 20 weeks.

Maxwell Pugsley, of Fisherton Street, Salisbury, appeared before Salisbury magistrates today (April 19) after being arrested in the city on Sunday (April 18).

The 49-year-old was wanted for breaching a community order imposed by Swindon Magistrates Court at an earlier hearing.

Pugsley's offending began in 2019 when on October 28, he stole £375 from a charity box belonging to Salisbury library and damaged another donation box containing £240.

On November 6, 2019, without a reasonable excuse, Pugsley entered a property in Cherry Close, Salisbury, that had been issued with a closure order.

Closure orders prohibit access to properties linked to incidents of anti-social behaviour and drugs.

On November 23, 2019 Pugsley stole alcohol and children's toys to the value of £376.99 from Tesco in Amesbury.

A few days later, on December 5, he stole three bottles of Whitney Neal gin worth £78 from Sainsbury's.

His shoplifting spree continued into 2020.

On May 25, Pugsley walked away with £14.33 worth of food from the Shell Garage in Wilton Road.

A week later, he stole alcohol and meat from Ringwood's Waitrose while on July 20, £116.92 worth of alcohol was taken from Lidl.

On this occasion, Pugsley also used threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress against staff.

On April 14, Pugsley also stole a scratch card and a pack of Richmond sausages worth £3.89 from Westacre Filling Station.

Between April 14 and April 16 last year, he stole and crashed a Vauxhall Mokka, causing damage to street furniture.

Today (April 19), the persistent offender was sentenced to 20 weeks in prison, banned from driving for 12 months and ordered to pay £235 in costs.

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