Nicking sheets to buy food

A son who stole bed linen from Wilko while caring for his dementia-suffering elderly mother during the coronavirus pandemic has been spared jail. Michael Peterson, 52, was caught making off with £88 worth of bedding from the retailer on 8 April. He was stopped by security after stuffing a black holdall with the goods and detained at the scene in Tottenham Hale Retail Park, north London. Peterson appeared at Highbury Magistrates’ Court today (thurs) and bowed his head as he…