Summary
A thief with a taste for fine living has been handed a suspended jail sentence by Cheltenham Magistrates. Nathan Townsend, 41, of no fixed address, admitted stealing two bottles of Laurent Perrier champagne and a Chateaubriand beef cut from Waitrose in Cheltenham on June 9, 2026. Chateaubriand is a luxury beef dish made from the thickest, most tender centre cut of the beef tenderloin.
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Together with the two bottles of bubbly, the value of Townsend’s upmarket haul was £121.58, the court heard. Townsend was sentenced to eight weeks imprisonment suspended for a year. The magistrates did not impose any other penalty or order him to pay costs.
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They said the offence was so serious that only a custodial sentence could be justified. “The custodial sentence has been suspended because of the defendant’s personal circumstances and there is reasonable prospect of rehabilitation,” they added.
Report source: Punchline Gloucester
