Wrong message your Honour…

Stealing used to be called stealing! Ever heard: Thou shall not steal?

Now there are a number of different words: Nicking, picking, pinching, pilfering, pocketing, shoplifting, thievery, missappropriation, robbery, burglary, embezzlement…

And then of course, your Honour, do not forget the circumstances….

Each carries a different sentence, of course...

Unless it happens to you of course!Then? It is called stealing: Maximum sentence, of course!