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A thief who stole money from an elderly woman’s purse as she made him a cup of tea has been jailed.
Robert Mearns carried out a series of thefts in Aberdeen under the guise of selling cigarettes.
At the city’s sheriff court he pleaded guilty to seven charges of theft, with the amount stolen totalling nearly £1,000, while on bail.
The court heard the 36-year old targeted older people and the vulnerable in order to feed his £40-a-day drug habit.