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A prolific thief could face a lengthy spell behind bars after stealing health and beauty products worth £9,000 in a month-long shoplifting spree. Aurel-Robertino Marin targeted a multitude of Boots stores across the country by filling bags with hundreds of pounds of expensive goods and walking out. But the 50-year-old’s exploits came unstuck when the Dover Victim Based Crime team arrested him in the town after he stole £180 of items from the Biggin Street shop on August 29. He was later charged with a total of nine counts of shoplifting and was brought before magistrates in Margate the next da…