SENTENCING of two young Powys men who admit stealing hundreds of pounds worth of vapes from a Welshpool supermarket has been delayed until July.

Alexander Caldwell, 21, and Scott Stirling, 18, previously pleaded guilty to burglary at the Morrisons store on Berriew Street during the early hours of Tuesday, April 16, and Thursday, April 18.

Caldwell and Stirling, both of Oldford Rise, Welshpool, appeared via videolink from HMP Swansea at Swansea Crown Court on Monday, June 24, where they have been held since their arrest in May.

There are believed to have been two separate burglaries which occurred at Morrisons over two separate nights.

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Prosecutor Dyfed Thomas said there was confusion surrounding the conclusion of the case as Stirling has another similar matter in the Telford area that is due to be tied up with these offences, while he is already the subject of a supervision order from another court.

He added that Caldwell was in breach of a suspended sentence order which was imposed late last year.

John Tarrant, acting for Caldwell, said: “There is no report so the court doesn’t have a great deal of information at the current time on the past sentence or his compliance with it.”

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Ian Ibrahim, representing Stirling, said his client was 17 at the time of the matter in the Telford area, and that no report was available for his client in relation to this matter.

Judge Geraint Walters told the defendants: “The case is not quite ready for sentence, which is largely to do with fact we’ve been waiting upon another court to get its act together.

“There should be a report in the case of people of your age, so that the judge can consider carefully if there’s any prospect of avoiding a custodial sentence.”

He adjourned sentencing until July 18, when both defendants will be produced.