These are the exclusive QLocal images of a charity box thief in action.
Paul Edgerton, 29, from Long Moor Lane, Liverpool was filmed as he took an animal charity box from the counter of an Ormskirk computer shop - he's been found guilty at Preston Magistrates Court of theft and attempted theft of this and other charity boxes in Ormskirk.
Edgerton was sentenced to 12 weeks imprisonment and ordered to pay a surcharge of £115.