Paisley thief swiped cash from Johnstone Aldi where he was working as cleaner

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An opportunistic cleaner stole £300 from a Johnstone supermarket’s till drawer. Jordan Reid – who has a previous conviction for dishonesty – was working in the town’s Aldi when he pocketed £300 in mixed coins from the tills.Paisley Sheriff Court heard how the 23-year-old was “struggling financially and mentally” after the loss of his grandfather when he stole the cash in a “moment of desperation” between March and April this year from the High Street store.

Procurator fiscal depute Karen Yuill told how the store manager caught Reid, of Camphill Court in Paisley, in the act after noticing “discrepancies” when cashing up the tills.She explained: “The policy at the supermarket is each till has a separate cash drawer that holds a £300 float.“The witness, McKelvie, is a store manager and counts the floats on a Sunday but noticed over a period of two weeks, there was a large number of discrepancies with the totals.Renfrewshire Live, the new free app dedicated to bringing you around the clock breaking news, is now available to download.Powered by the Paisley Daily Express, Renfrewshire Live is your go-to source for news, features and sport with live coverage provided direct to the app, seven days a week.The dedicated team of experienced journalists, responsible for the publication of the award-winning Express, will focus on breaking news, day and night, across Renfrewshire’s towns and villages.There is also a dedicated St Mirren section that will follow every kick of the ball with the Buddies. Available on both Android and Apple.

D ownload here: smarturl.it/RenfrewLiveSocial “On counting the cash drawers, they noted that a sum of cash was missing.