A MAN was fined after admitting to stealing a doormat and being in possession of drugs and a weapon in Rhos-on-Sea.

David Thorpe, 55, of Prescot Road, Liverpool, was accused of the following in Rhos-on-Sea on June 20, 2022:

  • Stealing a doormat, depicting the Welsh flag, from Sarah Mugglestone.
  • Carrying a Stanley knife at Pine Grove.
  • Possessing four tablets of Subutex, a class C drug.

He gave indicated guilty pleas to all of the above at Llandudno Magistrates’ Court on January 11.

Thorpe was ordered to pay fines of £250, costs to the Crown Prosecution Service of £85, and a victim surcharge of £100.

This totalled £435, to be paid as a full lump sum within 28 days.

An application was made for deductions from Thorpe’s benefits.

The blade was ordered to be confiscated from Thorpe, and the drugs forfeited and destroyed.