Jail for thief who skipped work for Jeremy Kyle

A MAN who went on the Jeremy Kyle Show instead of doing his community service was jailed for six months at Dundee Sheriff Court yesterday.

Alister Lamb, 23, of Baldovie Terrace, Dundee, was convicted last year of stealing items, including a toilet seat, from a flat.

On 11 November last year, Sheriff Tom Hughes imposed 200 hours of unpaid work in the community rather than sending Lamb to jail.

But Lamb – who has previous convictions for cannabis possession and assault – completed only one hour of work between that date and 10 April this year.

And when asked by social workers why he had not done the work, he told them he had missed appointments because he had been filming an episode of the television show.