A man has been jailed – for stealing his dad’s trainers.
Alistair Sorrie appeared via a video link at Aberdeen Sheriff Court for sentencing over the matter, having previously entered a plea of guilty.
The 42-year-old admitted stealing a pair of trainers, as well as a quantity of drugs, from his father’s address on Craigievar Place, Aberdeen, on June 6 or 7.
Defence agent Caitlin Pirie, who appeared to represent Sorrie, said her client had a “lengthy history of offending as a consequence of substance misuse”.
Ms Pirie told the court Sorrie had visited his father and the pair had been drinking together before an argument broke out.
She explained: “He was annoyed with his father.
“He accepts he took the trainers and tablets with the intention of stealing them, but the next day he returned the trainers and some of the tablets.”
Ms Pirie added there were “no hard feelings” between Sorrie and his father over the incident.
Sheriff Morag McLaughlin ordered Sorrie, whose address was given in court papers as Jute Street, Aberdeen, to be jailed for three months over the incident.
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