A TRIAL has been dismissed after a man instead pleaded guilty to stealing almost £2,000 from 10 different people.

Kevin Nanton, 56, of Saunders Road, Oxford, was due to stand trial at Oxford Crown Court on Wednesday (March 20) for 10 counts of theft from the person of another and one count of fraud by false representation.

However, the trial was ineffective as Nanton pleaded guilty and will now be sentenced at the same court at a later date.

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The details or the counts are, last year on July 14, he stole £290 from Linda Lane, on July 19 he stole £120 from Dennis Hambridge, on July 20, he stole £100 from Ellen Webster, on July 22 he stole £75 from Keith Willson, then on September 11, he stole £225 from Martin Loudon.

He then stole £200 on September 19 from Catherine Oppenheimer, on September 21 he stole £620 from Christine Coleman, on September 26 he stole £70 from Malcolm Smith, on August 26 he stole £80 from Adrian Williams, as well as £50 from Marieke Clarke.

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On September 21 in Carterton, he was caught withdrawing money from a card machine using a stolen bank card.

It is unknown who the card belonged to and whether Nanton was the one to take it.

The total amount of money Nanton stole was £1,830.