A WAITROSE meat thief has been fined by magistrates.

Paul Benjamin Foakes-Tiffin pleaded guilty to stealing meat of an unknown value from the Chantry Centre supermarket on an occasion in July when he appeared in Basingstoke Magistrates' Court recently.

The 40-year-old, of Dene Court, was fined £50 and ordered to pay an additional £30 victim surcharge.