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A Scottish sheriff court’s patience with a serial bird thief ran out after he was convicted of stealing pigeons shortly after being offered an olive branch in a similar pigeon theft case.
Dean Wells, 23, was last year convicted of the theft of 24 racing pigeons from an Aberdeen pensioner’s loft.
He was given a chance to prove his good behaviour when Sheriff William Taylor deferred his sentence by six months.
But he was sentenced to 22 days in prison for the theft at a hearing yesterday after Sheriff Margaret Hodge heard he had been convicted since then of the theft of 19 pigeons in late 2014.
Wells also had a prior conviction for theft after pocketing three of his uncle’s budgies four years ago.
He will serve his sentences for the recent offences concurrently.
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