Prison for Pulborough defibrillator thief

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A man has been sentenced to 20 weeks in prison for stealing a defibrillator from Pulborough station.

Barry Eales, aged 42, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to shoplifting and theft and was sentenced to 20 weeks in prison when he appeared at Crawley Magistrates’ Court on July 11.

A British Transport Police spokesman said: “Eales was arrested at a Tesco store in Pulborough on suspicion of stealing some meat and when he was searched he was found to be in possession of a defibrillator stolen from Pulborough railway station.”