Chewing gum thief gets a licking from the judge

A Romanian car washer got into a sticky situation after he was caught trying to steal more than £700 of chewing gum, a court heard. Ionut Raducan, 24, received a three-month ban from Tesco what his own lawyer called ‘the most inept’ attempt at theft. Wearing a black gilet over a black and white jumper, the Romanian father of two listened to prosecutor Arfan Ahmed from the dock of Westminster Magistrates’ Court. ‘He went into a Tesco Express in Crawley…