Lee Roberts was was handed a 12-month community order with a requirement for six months drug rehabilitation
A man who stole £115 of flu medication will have to undergo six months of drug rehabilitation.
Lee Roberts, 31, of Thornhill in North Weald stole the medicines from Savers Stores in Harlow on March 22.
The order imposed on him by Chelmsford Magistrates; Court on Friday also bans him from entering the Savers Store shop for six months and he must also pay a £60 victim surcharge.
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