Knife-wielding Waterlooville shoplifter Liam Farrell jailed after pooing on street

He was also sentenced for shoplifting offences

A knife-wielding shoplifter has been jailed after he was caught pooing on a street.

Liam Farrell, 41, of no fixed address in Waterlooville, was busted defecating in a public place on Rams Walk in Petersfield on 28 July.

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It led to him being sentenced for outraging public decency when he appeared at Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court where the prolific thief was also sentenced for 20 counts of theft from a shop.

Nineteen of the offences took place in Waterlooville with one in Southampton between 8 May and 23 July, with a total of £6,491.98 worth of items stolen.

He was also convicted for possessing a knife blade/sharp pointed article in a public place on Hart Plain Avenue in Waterlooville on 11 June.

Farrell was jailed for one year for his offences.

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