News / “Off his face” thefts
A LERWICK man who admitted stealing cash from a friend and taking music equipment from the Shetland Fiddle and Accordion Club while “off his face on drugs” has had his case adjourned to allow for reports to be prepared.
Craig Manson, of 8 Ladies Drive, pled guilty at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Thursday to taking £346 from a friend’s flat on Ladies Drive on 28 October 2014.
The 24 year old also admitted taking a storage box and a quantity of cases containing music and sound equipment from the Shetland Hotel on Lerwick’s Holmsgarth Road on 4 November.
Procurator fiscal Duncan Mackenzie told the court that in October Manson had been at a friend’s house when he saw a roll of money being hidden.
Later when the friend was out, Manson smashed a window to break in and take the money, which was not recovered.
He injured his hand in the process and DNA was taken from the glass.
The fiscal said that in November, Manson entered the Shetland Hotel via a fire door and took music equipment belonging to the local fiddle and accordion club.
The items, which Mackenzie said would not have been easy to sell, were later recovered.
Defence agent Tommy Allan said his client, who now has a job, admitted he was “off his face on drugs” after consuming valium before taking the equipment.
Sheriff Philip Mann adjourned the case until 28 October for social work reports to be prepared and continued Manson’s bail.
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