A MAN who stole packets of biscuits from a Hampshire hospital has been given a conditional discharge.

Alfie Smith, of Kingsway Gardens, stole the packets of biscuits from the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, in Winchester, on October 30, last year, a court heard.

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During a hearing at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court on March 21, the 41-year-old pleaded guilty to a charge of theft.

Details of the offence were not included in the court record.

Magistrates gave Smith a six-month conditional discharge. No order for costs was made.

If a court imposes a conditional discharge, an offender could still get a sentence if they break the conditions of their order.