A PUBLICAN who befriended a serial thief and gave him a place to live was rewarded by having more than £3,500 stolen – and then being called an "idiot" for trusting him.Daniel Lea, 29, of Furness Avenue, Blackpool, who appeared at Truro Crown Court on Friday for sentencing, had pleaded guilty to the theft of £3,520 from Paul Gooding, who runs the Bath Inn, in Penzance, on the day of his trial in June.Emily Pitts, for the CPS, said that Lea met Mr Gooding in 2011 when...
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