Woman caught stealing more than £200 of booze and goods from Sunderland supermarket

A woman caught stealing more than £200 of booze and other goods was warned by a judge to not see her sentence as a let off.
By Gareth Crickmer
Published 24th Jan 2021, 07:00 BST
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Shelly Newton, 38, has received a conditional discharge after she was caught swiping £202 of items from Sainsbury’s supermarket, in Silksworth Lane, Sunderland, on Tuesday, November 24, 2020.

Newton was told by District Judge Kathryn Meek at South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court not to see her sentence as a let off.

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Judge Meek has now warned her it was time she stopped offending and that further criminality may see her jailed.

The Sunderland branch of Sainsbury's where a thief was caught stealing more than £200 of booze and other goods.The Sunderland branch of Sainsbury's where a thief was caught stealing more than £200 of booze and other goods.
The Sunderland branch of Sainsbury's where a thief was caught stealing more than £200 of booze and other goods.

The South Shields court heard that Newton had had pressure put upon her to steal by another person.

Newton, of Westmorland Street, Wallsend, North Tyneside, who owes the court £1,300 from previous offending, pleaded guilty to shop theft and was ordered to pay a £21 victim surcharge.

There was no order for her to pay court costs.

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