A sneak-thief was caught on CCTV nicking a Barclaycard from behind the concierge desk at a new Greenwich Peninsula development.
Bessemer Place
Mohammed Abutaher, 42, of Galsworthy Avenue, Poplar, was eventually tracked-down nearly five months later.
He appeared at Bromley Magistrates Court, where he received a twelve-month Community Order, which includes 100 hours community service work and up to twenty days of a Probation Service-supervised recommended activity requirement.
Abutaher pleaded guilty last month to burgling 17 Bessemer Place, Greenwich on August 7, last year and stealing the Barclaycard.
Prosecutor Subhanur Chowdhury told the court it was approximately 3pm when a member of staff at the commercial premises noticed a mystery intruder had taken his bank card.
The staff member had left their jacket and bag in a postal room behind their concierge desk.
When CCTV was viewed an unknown male, later identified as Abutaher, was seen unlawfully entering the restricted area.
Police were shown the images and on January 20, this year Abutaher was arrested, across the Thames river, in Bethnal Green.
There was no evidence the Barclaycard was ever used.
Abutaher, who the court heard has committed six previous offences, including dishonesty, said: “I'm so sorry for what I did.”
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