Serial thief jailed for Fife crime spree

A serial offender has been jailed for three years for his latest crime spree.

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Fisher stole a charity tin, some money, and food from the Postings.Fisher stole a charity tin, some money, and food from the Postings.
Fisher stole a charity tin, some money, and food from the Postings.

Shaun Fisher, from Glenrothes, stole charity donations from a shop in Kirkcaldy and then broke into houses in Methil and Buckhaven.

The victims included an elderly couple who had a £2000 gold bracelet stolen from their home.

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Fisher (30) currently a prisoner at Glenochil, appeared at Dunfermline Sheriff Court where he admitted a string of offences committed within a week.

On May 19, at Plain Fayre, The Postings, Kirkcaldy, he stole a charity tin and contents, a sum of money and a quantity of foostuffs.

On May 21, he broke into a house in Methil Brae, Methil, stealing DVDs, a quantity of perfume, watches, jewellery, electronic beauty equipment, handbags, a box and its contents and a knife.

On May 21, he broke into a house in Methilhaven Road, Buckhaven, and stole medication, jewellery, a card holder and its contents.

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He also admitted breaching bail conditions not to enter Glenrothes by doing so on May 25.

A bag with some of the stolen goods was found lying in a street but the gold bracelet and other valuables were not recovered.

Fisher is currently in jail, having been sentenced to 34 months in June. His earliest release date for that term is November next year.

Sheriff Charles MacNair for 31 months and another 135 days for these latest convictions.

These sentences will begin at the end of his current jail term.

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