Magistrates sitting in Tenby have deferred sentencing on a local man who appeared before them for shoplifting.

Mark David Henry, of Roseville, The Norton, Tenby, admitted stealing a bottle of Barcardi from the town's Somerfield store and two magazines from W. H. Smith on January 28, when he came before the court on Tuesday.

Sentencing on 26-year-old Henry, who has 88 convictions for theft, was deferred until April 1.