‘It wasn’t me, it was my shadow’, claims sweets thief

A Perth sheriff warned a thief he should not be in the company of his own shadow after he blamed it for his crime.

Robert Lomas, 39, Crieff Road, told police: “It wasn’t me, it was my shadow”, when questioned about his theft.

Lomas admitted stealing nine boxes of Lindt chocolate from RS McColls, Rannoch Road, on September 4 last year.

Sheriff Lindsay Foulis told the court: “It must have been a shadow with a sweet tooth. I don’t think he should be in the company of his shadow.”

Sentence was deferred on Lomas until July for him to be of good behaviour.

Sheriff Foulis told the accused the sentence would allow him to keep an eye on both Lomas and his shadow.