Truro

The show, which will be performed at the Hall for Cornwall in Truro on Wednesday, is set to include numbers from stage shows, including Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita and Chess.

The teaching assistant, who lives with his parents near Truro, Cornwall, is about to start a new job as a support worker for people with learning difficulties.

Last week, Truro Crown Court heard that last September four men on a boat called the Lily Lola sailed to an area near the Scilly Isles on instructions from a gang in South America.

Thomas James Agar Robartes MP is recorded to have given £150 to the cost of a six-oared lifeboat, and railway companies transported the vessel free of charge from London to Truro.

Back in Truro, Mr Gaunt agrees shoplifting is a sign of much wider problems: "I feel desperate, I feel like giving up. It's about so much more than a £20 teddy, it's a broken society."