Spiteful man swiped CCTV camera for unpaid debt

A man tore a CCTV camera off his friend's wall 'out of spite' after he failed to recover a debt, a court in Mansfield heard.

Lenford Swift, 25, of no fixed abode, admitted theft when he appeared before magistrates on Wednesday.

In interview, Swift told police he went to the rear of the house on Stainforth Street, in Mansfield, on November 21, because his friend owed him money.

“The camera belonged to his friend’s dad,” said Ruth Snodin, prosecuting. “The defendant threw it in a dust bin in the town centre.”