Fines for Northampton shoplifting duo who stole £950 of beauty products from Boots on first day of lockdown

Two shoplifters tried to walk out of Boots in Northampton town centre with more than £900 of beauty products this week.

Mirel-Iulian Catrinoiu, of no fixed abode, and Bodgan Alexandrue Sima, of St Georges Street, pocketed hundreds of pounds worth of makeup in the Grosvenor Centre on November 5, the first day of lockdown.

The pair were collared as they tried to leave the Boots and were caught with a total of £948 worth of blush, lipstick and creams.

At their sentencing at Northampton Magistrate's Court today (November 6), the bench heard how Catrinoiu, 20, reportedly planned to sell the makeup so he could buy food.

Both men pleaded guilty to the theft, while Sima, 26, also admitted a charge of driving while disqualified in Lincolnshire in August.

Catrinoiu was fined £252. Sima was fined £432 in total for both the charges he admitted, and was disqualified from driving until April.

At court, Sima also pleaded not guilty to a separate charge of allegedly spraying three people in a car with pepper spray in an incident on October 11, 2019, on Military Road, Northampton. He will appear at Northampton Crown Court for a hearing on December 3.