Jedburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court.
BACKGROUND reports have been ordered into a Borders man who admitted six offences.
Forty-two-year-old Paul Madden, of Hawick, appeared from custody at Jedburgh Sheriff Court on Wednesday and pleaded guilty to four counts of theft by shoplifting and also theft from a motor vehicle and assaulting a retail worker who was engaged in retail work at the time.
Sentence was deferred until July 18.
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