Officer recognised thief's picture

A PROLIFIC thief who stole three wallets from a shop in Falmouth was arrested after some good police work, Truro Magistrates' Court was told.A picture from CCTV images taken at the Fat Face Shop in Church Street matched police intelligence briefing documents and was sent to Penzance where an officer recognised the man she had dealt with for similar offences. Carpenter Clifford Vaughan Townsend, 51, of Chywoone Place, Newlyn, pleaded guilty to the theft of the wallets worth £48 on March...