If you find a wallet in the street it's not a good idea to think you can use the cards around town with complete impunity, as one man learned.

One individual faced magistrates where they were sentenced after they admitted their guilt to a series of incidents involving a bank card which was not theirs.

The 50-year-old used the bank card, found in a wallet, to purchase a number of items - and a meal at McDonalds.

Another man went on a shoplifting spree, repeatedly targeting two Co-operative stores to steal a very large quantity of meat, cheese and laundry goods - enough to result in him having to pay compensation of more than £1,500 as a consequence.

JOSHUA EVANS, aged 34 of Beaconfield Road, Plymouth: Drove vehicle on Bravo Way with 54mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath. Court costs - £85.

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