A great-grandfather has pleaded guilty to looting clothes in this summer's riots.
Thomas Hart, 69, has become the oldest person to be convicted of involvement in the unrest which swept England in August.
He claims he committed the crime when drunk, having consumed at least six pints of lager before joining a crowd of yobs looting JD Sports.
Hart handed himself in to police after seeing his picture printed in a newspaper, and yesterday pleaded guilty to burglary at Camberwell Green magistrates' court.
He is now out on bail, and will be sentenced at Inner London crown court next month.
As he was leaving the pub following his massive drinking session on August 8, Hart was caught up in gangs of rioters looting shops in Lewisham, south-east London.
He joined them in breaking in to the sports shop and took a number of tops, which have not been recovered by police.
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