Porter stole cash from employers.

A HOTEL porter who stole cash and a laptop belonging to his employer has been ordered to carry out 80 hours' unpaid work in the community.

Simon Ian Geoffrey Armitt took the Toshiba laptop, valued at [pounds sterling]450, along with [pounds sterling]20 cash, from the Palace Hotel in Buxton where he worked, High Peak Magistrates' Court heard on Tuesday.

Prosecutor John Cooper said: "The defendant was employed by the Palace Hotel as a porter, but for various reasons they became suspicious about his conduct."

The court heard how the hotel manager noticed the laptop had been stolen. Police later recovered this from Armitt's home address, where it was …