A former Hastings man who relocated to Whanganui has been sentenced to supervision and ordered to pay reparation for shoplifting.
Simon Cameron Frater stole a blow lamp in July this year.
Police prosecutor Stephen Butler told the court of the offending.
"At 12.20pm on Wednesday the 25th of July 2018, the defendant was at Mitre 10 in Hastings," Butler said.
"While at Mitre 10, the defendant did have the intention of taking goods without paying for them and did so.