Brett Phillip Glover guilty after public take him down in botched Coles Goonellabah supermarket cigarette raid
A Tweed man with a history of property crime was taken to ground by a store manager and others as a daylight Coles supermarket cigarette raid went belly up on the North Coast.
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A Tweed man with a history of property crime was taken to ground by a store manager and others as a daylight supermarket cigarette raid went wrong in the Lismore area.
Brett Phillip Glover, 31, previously pleaded guilty to burgling an Ellangowan home and making off with motorcycles, a generator and power tools in late February of last year.
On this occasion, police were called to Coles on Simeoni Dr, Goonellabah about 1.25pm on Wednesday, July 1.
Glover had been detained by members of the public after he jumped the counter of the supermarket and snatched cigarettes.
Police state in court documents Glover startled a young retail worker before he was chased down by the store manager and other people.
Richmond Police officers took over near Woolworths, where Glover had been detained.
Glover was assessed by NSW Ambulance paramedics and taken to Lismore Base Hospital, before being taken to Lismore Police Station and charged.
Glover faced Magistrate Michael Dakin in Lismore Local Court on Thursday via audiovisual link and then Byron Bay Local Court on Friday, after he was denied bail.
He was charged with three counts shoplifting and one count of having goods in personal custody suspected of being stolen.
A defence solicitor told the Lismore court Glover suffered from a mental health impairment.
Mr Dakin asked Glover why he was before the court and he replied: “I don’t know.”
However, Mr Dakin continued: “Do you understand that you have been charged?”
“Yes,” Glover replied on that occasion.
The defence lawyer told the court she had no instructions regarding any pleas, however, Glover pleaded guilty to all charges before Magistrate Kathy Crittenden at the Byron court the next day.
The Tweed man was denied bail and ordered to face Lismore Local Court for sentencing on August 26.
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