Friday 11 June 2010

Watch Your Bags. Lithuanians About!


Two Lithuanian heroin junkies caught in CCTV rifling through a bag snatched moments earlier from a pub customer in the Square Mile were fined at City of London Magistrates' Court today.

The jobless couple, Marius Stokas, 26 and Jovita Novikovaite, 28, both of Western Road, Plaistow, East London pleaded guilty to dishonestly receiving a stolen shoulder bag on April 27.

The court (pictured) heard it was 9.15 pm when an office security guard spotted the couple looking through the bag in the street and called the police.

They were arrested in Newgate Street and Novikovaite admitted she was looking through the bag for cash before dumping it.

Both defendants tested positive for drugs and have previous convictions for theft.

Stokas was fined £75 with £90 costs and Novikovaite £50 with £90 costs.

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