A THIEF who stole from a Kelso hotel and broke into a flat in the town was jailed for nine months after breaching a previously- imposed community payback order.
Wayne Scott had been sentenced to a six-month order, with a condition he completed 120 hours of unpaid work – but that order was recalled and custody imposed.
Scott, 25, of Jamiesons Court, Kelso, admitted breaking into a flat in Crawford Street, Kelso, on December 10/11, 2011, and stealing a television, a pair of training shoes and a camera.
The haul, worth £550, was recovered.
On December 11/12, along with a co-accused, Scott stole a bag, electrical items, a mobile phone, ornaments, alcohol and a credit card at the Roxburghe Hotel, Heiton.
The property was worth £200 and just half was recovered. He also pleaded guilty to using the stolen credit card to steal £300 at an ATM at Lloyds TSB, The Square, Kelso, on December 12. There was no recovery.
As the jail term was imposed, a woman left the public benches in tears.