A man stole designer glasses from Specsavers - only to be rumbled when he booked an eye test with the opticians.

Dawid Dytlow targeted the Huddersfield town centre store twice to fund his heroin addiction.

He was arrested when staff noticed they had his personal details on file and passed the information on to police.

Dytlow, of Holly Road in Thornton Lodge, pleaded guilty to two charges of shoplifting.

The first theft came to light on November 6 last year, prosecutor Andy Wills told Kirklees magistrates.

Kirklees Magistrates Court

He said: “Members of staff told the store manager they believed that a set of high value designer frames had been stolen.

“The store manager reviewed the CCTV and it showed the offence the day before.”

Dytlow was seen entering the Market Street branch at 11am, selecting the £125 glasses from the shelves and placing them in his jacket pocket before leaving.

The 32-year-old committed an identical theft a month later on December 11, entering the store at a similar time of day.

He was again seen by staff the day later on CCTV the day later taking some glasses, this time Boss Orange frames worth £149, concealing them in his jacket and leaving the store.

Mr Wills said: “It was not very well thought out because the defendant made an appointment for an eye test and provided his contact details.

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“Staff checked the database This showed that he was a previous customer and they provided his details to police.”

Dytlow, who had seven previous convictions, told police he’d stolen from the shop to fund his drug habit.

Jonathan Slawinski, mitigating, said that he had been a permanent resident in the UK since moving from Poland in 2009.

He explained that Dytlow’s mother still lives in the country and is terminally ill with breast cancer.

Mr Slawinski said: “That affected him significantly and he became depressed.

“He drifted into drug taking to deal with the issue and it follows that he’s then gone out and stolen these items.

“The offence was so unsophisticated because he left his details as he was a previous customer.”

Magistrates were told that Dytlow has since got his drug addiction under control and has not reoffended since.

Mr Slawinski added that he plans to return to his home country where his family are going to pay for him to have an implant inserted to prevent him from taking any further drugs.

Magistrates gave him a conditional discharge for a year but told him that he will have to pay £274 to Specsavers.

He also has to pay £85 prosecution costs and £20 victim surcharge.

When warned by magistrates not to commit any more “stupid offences”, Dytlow replied: “I won’t, no.”