Scott Graham was caged this week after a jury found him guilty of cleaning out the town’s Thorn Inn.

Paisley Sheriff Court heard that the 32-year-old targeted the Thornhill boozer in June last year.

The pub’s CCTV cameras caught Graham - who is already serving a three-year stretch for another break in - racing behind the bar and opening the till.

The footage showed Graham cleaning the till out, taking every last note of the £100 float that is kept in the till every night.

Mary Rose, the manageress, took the stand to give evidence during Graham’s trial.

She told the court that she found out there had been a break in the early hours of June 8, 2013, and she went down to see the damage and described the scene that confronted her when she arrived.

She said: “The back shutter was lying on the kitchen floor, the wooden partition which usually sits behind the door was lying on the floor as well.

“There was a crowbar at the safe where the petty cash tin for my gentleman’s club is kept, it was scattered all over the floor.” A video of footage taken from the CCTV camera in the bar was shown to the court.

In the short clip Graham could be seen walking behind the bar while wearing a hoody with the hood up, covering most of his face.

When asked what was happening on the video, Rose said: “There is an emergency button under the till that opens the till if you press it.

“He has lifted the till up and has pressed the button so the till would open.

“We leave £100 float in it every night.” The court heard that, as well as taking the £100 from the till, Graham also made off with £1094.96 that was kept in a cash box, which was money belonged to regulars in the bar.

Rose explained: “Unfortunately the money for my customers wasn’t put back in the safe the night before.” Police Officer Euan Keil also gave evidence during Graham’s trial.

The Detective Constable, who has been in the force for five years, said he was brought into the inquiry into the 5.45am break-in late on.

The 29-year-old said he viewed the CCTV footage of the incident and, from pausing the video at exactly 21 seconds after 5.47am he was able to tell it was Scott Graham that was responsible.

The officer said he first did that at a specialist computer unit in Govan’s Helen Street police office, known as the DMRU, which stands for Digital Media Resources Unit.

He disagreed with defence lawyer Chris McKenna’s suggestion that the quality of the CCTV footage was too poor to identify this individual responsible.

He explained: “It’s not the highest quality of CCTV and his hood is up but his face is very distinctive and I certainly see enough of it to identify it as Scott Graham.” DC Keil, who is part of Paisley’s Criminal Investigation Department, said that CCTV was “crucial” in the case and that he was “100 per cent sure” it was Graham on the CCTV, adding: “He’s got a prominent nose, his hood seems to have gone back again and we can see dark hair.” Keil admitted that he watched the footage with a colleague, which wouldn’t be allowed to happen with members of the public who were to be witnesses in a case.

McKenna raised that during his closing speech to the jury, explaining: “Police officers saying ‘I think that’s Scott Graham’ to each other shouldn’t be allowed.

“It wouldn’t be allowed with a civilian or the man on the street so it shouldn’t be allowed.” The lawyer also described the CCTV footage as “dismal” and said the officers’ identification couldn’t be trusted as they had only seen the crook’s face for a few seconds.

He said: “Think about when you see someone on TV, and actor, and you think you know who it is and then as you get closer or as the film or programme goes on you realise it’s not them.

“That’s when you have seen the person face on and in clear sight, not just a side shot of their face on blurry CCTV footage.” The jury took just under an hour to reject McKenna’s claim that the officers could not prove it was Graham who was caught on camera and therefore responsible.

They found him guilty of the pub raid and he was jailed for a year for the offence.