Walsall Shoplifter, 61, who stole £1,200 of clothes from town centre shops is fined £170
A shoplifter from Walsall who stole clothes worth more than £1,200 from shops in Telford town centre has been fined £170.
Catherine Allport, aged 61 and from Walsall, targeted Marks & Spencer and New Look in the Telford Centre shopping mall in three separate thefts.
Telford Magistrates Court was told how she stole from Marks & Spencer twice in one day on December 4 last year, lifting £661.20 worth of stock.
Then, on April 28 this year, she stole clothing worth £551.81 from New Look.
The items were all retrieved and returned to the stores on each occasion.
Allport, of St Clement’s Avenue, pleaded guilty to three counts of theft from a shop. She has 42 previous convictions for 72 offences.
The court was told she had battled with a drug problem, but had “made progress”.
Allport was fined £170 and ordered to pay £85 in prosecution costs and a £48 victim surcharge, giving her a total court bill of £383.
