Micelli Johnson convicted of shoplifting in Griffith Local Court

Micelli Johnson, 19 of Griffith, faced Griffith Local Court on the count of shoplifting on January 15 and plead guilty.

According to facts tendered to the court, Johnson entered a Yambil Street business at 10.30am on November 18.

CCTV provided by the retailer showed Johnson walking towards the shoe section before removing three pack of branded cotton socks, and then leaving the story a short time later without returning the property or paying for it.

Johnson's legal representative Jack Buster acknowledged his client was serving an intensive corrections order at the time of the offence and while an aggravating factor, argued it didn't cross the threshold for a custodial sentence.

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Mr Buster said his client had since found employment as a fruit-picker while he was working to get his life back on track.

"All those stores are covered by CCTV, you're sort of sticking your arm in the meat grinder," Magistrate Trevor Khan told Johnson during sentencing.

Mr Khan said intensive corrections orders were serious and were a jail sentence served in the community.

"You end up exposing yourself to the parole board who will decide what they do to you," he said.

Mr Khan convicted Johnson and fined him $100.

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