A man has been fined after attempting to steal an expensive bicycle from outside Tesco in Chelmsford.
Lee Owen, 35, of Hazebrouck Road, Faversham, Kent, appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court charged with stealing two bicycles, where he was fined £100, ordered to pay £10 compensation, a £20 victim surcharge and £50 costs.
It came after a suspect, dressed in a tracksuit and baseball cap, was pictured being escorted into a police car in Victoria Road outside Chelmsford Cathedral School at about 3pm on Thursday (October 16).
The suspect was seen and followed as he took a bike from outside Tesco supermarket.
