A persistent offender has escaped jail despite pleading guilty to nineteen different charges.

Billy Robinson, of West Way, Wick and pleaded guilty to a range of charges including theft, handling stolen goods, fraud, public order and drugs offences committed in February and March this year.

The 18-year-old was given an eight-month suspended sentenced and he was banned from driving for 12 months and ordered to pay more than £1,300 in compensation and court costs after appearing at Worthing Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday May 22.