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A thief already behind bars for a shoplifting spree has had his jail term extended after he attempted to use another person’s bank card to buy cigarettes.

Liam Ellison was imprisoned for 10 months in September after admitting stealing £1,000 of food and booze from the Harbour View service station, in Dame Dorothy Street, Sunderland, between August 31 and September 5 and illegally carrying a machete in the city centre on September 7.

Now he has had another four weeks added to his sentence after he pleaded guilty to two earlier offences.

Ellison, 31, of no fixed address, admitted fraud by false representation by attempting to use a bank card to obtain cigarettes in Sunderland on February 25.

Liam Ellison has had his existing jail term extended after he admitted two more Sunderland offences.

He has also pleaded guilty to assisting in handling stolen goods on the same date.

North Tyneside Magistrates’ Court jailed him after deeming the offences to be serious because of his previous record.

Ellison, who receive credit for his pleas, must also pay a £128 victim surcharge.

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Sunderland shoplifter jailed again after bank card cigarettes con

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