Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A notorious crook who went on a thieving spree armed with a pair of scissors has been placed on a tag with a warning ringing in his ears.William Hutton, 50, who has more than 100 previous convictions, was spared jail despite targeting shops in Paisley.Desperate Hutton even claimed he was only stealing “for money for food and electricity,” when he was snared in the town’s High Street.Yesterday he appeared for