By Nick Martin, News Correspondent
A man who is thought to be Britain's prolific shoplifter has been jailed for 18 months after racking up his 342nd criminal offence.
David Archer, 58, of Mostyn, Flintshire, was sentenced for four shoplifting offences, including the theft of a charity collection box.
He also admitted two breaches of an indefinite ASBO (anti-social behaviour order) imposed in 2006 which, among other things, banned him from entering any charity shop in England and Wales and from possessing a charity box.
It comes just a month after he was released from prison on remand for similar thefts.
Prosecutor Julie Jones said he was seen on CCTV burning a piece of string which secured the charity box in aid of carers which was on the counter at the Llandudno Junction store.
Defending, Roger Thomas told Prestatyn magistrates one of the problems facing Archer in the past was that whenever he was released from prison he was given only £40, which he had to spend on essentials, he had nowhere to live and was not entitled to emergency benefits.
"He is known in every shop in North Wales and there was no subterfuge involved," he said.
"He is institutionalised and struggles to cope with life."
At the Bayview shopping centre in Colwyn Bay staff knew Archer well.
Security guard Michael Davies spent the last 12 years trying to prevent Archer from stealing.
"If we ever heard the name David Archer we tended to get quite excited. Ironically David Archer is a legend within himself," he told Sky News.
Mr Davies said Archer had begun to target charity shops more and more over the years.
"He'd lean over the counters and literally feel the weight of the charity box and then if he was happy with the weight he would cut it," he said.
"He had ways and means of cutting the chain or the string and he'd then conceal the box inside and leave the premises."
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