Deep Adhiya, 20, pleaded guilty to theft of the batch of gold-coloured smart phones belonging to Apple on December 12, 2013. Leicester Crown Court was told the phones – part of a bigger consignment of Apple mobiles - were taken after Adhiya, pictured, took delivery of them in Hinckley and before they reached their destination in London. He had been subcontracted to transport the goods by TNT parcel delivery service.
Adhiya, of Bucksburn Walk, Northfields, Leicester, pleaded guilty on the basis another person traveling in the delivery van with him took the boxes of phones, after insisting it was in lieu of an £800 cannabis debt Adhiya owed him.
The defendant, who has no previous convictions, was sentenced to a 12 month community order with 150 hours of unpaid work.
