Man jailed for stealing stealing surgical masks from a south London hospital
A man has been jailed for three months after being caught stealing surgical masks from a south London hospital.
Lerun Hussain, 34 of Worsopp Drive, Clapham, SW4, was sentenced to 12 weeks at Croydon Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 7 April following the incident at King’s College Hospital.
Police were called to the hospital in Denmark Hill, Lambeth, at around 11.20am on Sunday 5 April after Hussain was detained by hospital security staff after he stole three face masks.
Hussain was arrested on suspicion of theft and also detained for being in breach of a court order.
Later that same day Hussain was charged with theft.
He appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 7 April where he pleaded guilty to theft and was sentenced that same day to three months imprisonment.
