Man steals goods worth $4,024 from same mall in seven days
He filched a router, a laptop and a pair of spectacles from different stores in Funan in the space of seven days.
On Aug 22, Stephane Christophe Bernard Piot, 57, was sentenced to a 12-month mandatory treatment order (MTO) after pleading guilty to two of three charges of theft, Shin Min Daily News reported.
Under the terms of the MTO, the Frenchman must undergo psychiatric treatment at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH). Piot's lawyer said that his client was willing to cooperate with the MTO, but did not specify his condition.
At around 3 pm on Feb 28 this year, an electrical appliance store staff member discovered that a router worth $899 was missing and there was no record of its sale.
After checking CCTV footage, staff discovered that Piot had taken the router without paying for it four days before. Police were then called.
A week later on the afternoon of March 2, another electronics store in Funan discovered that a laptop worth $2,799 was missing.
Investigations revealed that Pio entered the store between 11.18am and 11.26am that day, took one of the laptops on display and left.
Court documents showed that Piot also stole a pair of spectacles worth $326 from an optician at 12.15pm on Feb 28.
