A shoplifter began offending again just days after being released from prison. 

Ryan Brook, 35, appeared at Bexley Magistrates’ Court on Thursday (October 3) after a series of thefts from Co-op stores. 

Brook has a history of offending despite serving multiple prison sentences. 

He was jailed for three months in February this year for stealing a shopping basket full of share bag sweets from Tesco Express. 

Sweets stolen by Ryan BrookSweets stolen by Ryan Brook (Image: MPS Welling) By May he was back on the streets and offending again, this time stealing alcohol from Asda in Bexleyheath and laundry detergent from Co-op. 

On June 17 he was jailed for six weeks for those offences. 

But by mid-July Brook had been released from prison and stole food and drink from Co-op in Bexleyheath. 

He then went on to steal £133 worth of booze from Co-op in Sidcup in August and £60 worth of meat from Co-op in Bexleyheath on Tuesday (October 1). 

In court Brook, of Cumbrian Avenue in Bexleyheath, pleaded guilty to four counts of theft from a shop. 

He was remanded on conditional bail until sentencing, with instructions not to enter any Co-op store.