Blacktown: Energy drink thief Walid Soueissi sentenced over larceny charge
A southwest Sydney man known to police for stealing large amounts of energy drinks to fund his drug addiction has been caught again. Here’s the latest from court.
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A man known to police for stealing large amounts of energy drinks from supermarkets across Sydney to fund his drug addiction has been sentenced once again.
Bass Hill’s Walid Soueissi, 45, faced Blacktown Local Court on Thursday where he pleaded guilty to larceny and entering an inclosed land without a lawful excuse.
Documents tendered to the court state Soueissi, who has “a history of shoplifting offences”, entered a Woolworths in Blacktown on December 12, 2024.
Once inside the supermarket, Soueissi grabbed a trolley and proceeded to fill it up with 48 four packs of Red Bull energy drinks, and 12 x 24 cases of Coca Cola.
He then tried to sneak it out of the supermarket but was caught outside by a nearby loss prevention officer.
The officer took Soueissi and the trolley to the security office at the back of the store, with police being called to the scene.
When police arrived, they spoke to Soueissi who told them he had stolen the large amount of items because he had “no money”.
Soueissi, who received a lifetime ban from Woolworths stores in 2019, was trespassing at the time of the attempted theft.
Since this incident, Woolworths has slapped him with another lifetime ban from all of the supermarket giant’s NSW stores.
In 2024, Soueissi was sentenced to community corrections orders for previous shoplifting offences involving large quantities of energy drinks.
In court on Thursday, Soueissi’s lawyer said the attempted theft was clearly a way to “fund his drug addiction”.
Magistrate Rami Attia said the latest shoplifting attempt was “consistent with his record where a number of larceny matters appear”.
“Only a custodial sentence will be suffice,” Mr Attia said.
Soueissi has been sentenced to a 5 months jail and will be eligible for parole on June 23.
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