Overview

• Both men pleaded guilty at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on June 30 to burglary and multiple counts of shop theft
• Reece Wheat was sentenced to nine months in prison and Ellis Bishop received a 26-week custodial term
• The offenders concealed more than £3,000 of trainers and clothing in two wheelie bins before dragging them through the city centre
• Investigators linked Bishop to three further shoplifting incidents between May 27 and June 20 using tattoo identification and forensic review
• Nottinghamshire Police warned that such brazen thefts highlight a growing threat to local retailers and their staff