A COUPLE shopping at a Blackburn store introduced their own sale prices.

Blackburn magistrates heard Francis John Duffy and Joanne Louise Barnes visited the "reduced" aisle and removed bargain basement price tags, put them on the goods they wanted and then went through the checkout.

Baines, 39, and Duffy, 37, both of Essex Close, Blackburn, pleaded guilty to theft of a DVD, a PS4 game and a joint of beef.

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Baines was given a conditional discharge for 12 months and ordered to pay £85 costs, £15 victim surcharge and £150 criminal court charge.

Duffy was made subject to community supervision for 12 months with a six months drug rehabilitation requirement and ordered to pay £85 costs, £60 victim surcharge and £150 criminal court charge.

Catherine Allan, prosecuting, said the couple had put an 81p sticker on the PS4 game and a 56p sticker on the joint of beef.

"They paid £2.31 for goods that should have cost £49.66," said Miss Allan.

Jonathan Taylor, defending, said his client's didn't know why they had committed the offence.

"They got away with nothing," said Mr Taylor.