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Jail for York man Peter Harris for having phone in prison
Guards at HMP Lindholme near Doncaster found the device when Peter Harris, 45, was detained there on October 9 last year, York Magistrates Court heard.
Harris, of James Street, central York, was also before the court for other offences committed following his release from the prison.
He pleaded guilty to having a forbidden item while in prison, having a bag of cannabis at St Saviourgate in central York and stealing four cans of Martini from the Co-op in Stonebow worth £16, both on May 2, theft of items worth Marks and Spencer in York on May 24, and theft of items worth £151.85 from a Spar shop in York on May 31.
He was jailed for six weeks and ordered to pay £151.85 compensation to the Spar shop, £16 to the C-op and a £154 statutory surcharge.
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