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Marco Pierre White’s son jailed for shoplifting

By Betty Woolerton  Tuesday Aug 23, 2022

The son of celebrity chef Marco Pierre White has been jailed by a judge at Bristol Crown Court.

Marco Pierre White Junior, 27, admitted shoplifting, possessing a knife, carrying heroin and racially aggravated disorderly behaviour over a 15-month period.

He was sentenced to 11 months behind bars, with 32 weeks of a previously suspended jail term to run consecutively, for the offences committed in Bath.

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The former Big Brother contestant, of Leafy Lane, Corsham in Wiltshire, was also ordered to pay a £156 victim surcharge.

 

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Pierre White Junior has been struggling with drug addiction from the age of 18, the court heard.

He pleaded guilty to 14 offences of shoplifting, one count of possessing a knife, one count of possessing heroin and a racially aggravated public order offence – sentencing him to a total of 79 weeks in prison.

The court heard the last theft was committed in April and the first theft happened in January 2021.

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