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A habitual thief back behind bars after admitting to all but one shoplifting offence says atleast he’s got somewhere warm to kip this winter. Lewis O’Brien, from Gillingham, was released from a short prison sentence on September 27. But just six days later he was arrested after being caught stealing £85 of alcohol from a supermarket in Herne Bay. The 34-year-old, who was still on licence from prison when he committed the crime, was arrested and hauled before the courts the next day. During the hearing he also admitted several other theft offences, including one which he said he couldn’t have c…

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