A THUG who snatched a pricey shirt from a luxury department shop has been fined by magistrates.

Tendayi Mutukudzi stole a shirt worth £135 from Fenwick in Colchester High Street on December 29 of last year.

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Colchester Magistrates’ Court heard the 41-year-old also assaulted a man in Colchester on December 21.

Mutukudzi, of Maidenburgh Street, Colchester, admitted the crimes and was ordered to pay £100 in compensation to his victim and was fined £135.