BACKGROUND reports have been ordered into a Borders man who admitted a charge of theft by shoplifting.

Thirty-five-year-old David Collins, of Hawick, also pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted housebreaking.

Sentence was deferred at Jedburgh Sheriff Court for the production of a Criminal Justice Social Work Report and a Restriction of Liberty Order assessment.

The case will recall on Monday, October 10.

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