A shoplifter who used a joint of meat to assault a store manager will discover his fate later this week. However, Desmond Stephens got more than he bargained for when his victim retaliated with ‘punches’ before throwing him out of the building. Forty-five-year-old Stephens pleaded guilty to stealing meat worth £40 from a shop in Long Sutton and a charge of assault by beating when he appeared in court on Wednesday. “The defendant attended the Spar store where the manager was watching the CCTV cameras,” prosecutor Kerry Close told Boston magistrates. “He noticed Mr Stephens put a piece of meat i…
