Dudley woman who told security guard 'I'll stab you' jailed for more than two years

A Dudley woman has been jailed for threatening to stab a security guard.

Last year, on September 12th Sharee McCarthy, of Pheasant Street, Dudley, entered a supermarket on Sandringham Way, in Brierley Hill.

At the time, Sharee was immediately recognised by store staff and asked to leave.

Despite this, McCarthy decided to take items from the shelf and into her rucksack. She was asked to put the item back by a worker, after refusing to she said to a security guard “You don’t know what I have on me, I’ll stab you”.

The incident was then reported by the security guard. McCarthy was arrested on 25 September by Dudley’s Neighbourhood Crime Team.

Last week, McCarthy pleaded guilty to robbery at Wolverhampton Crown Court on (April, 23).

McCarthy will be jailed for two years and three months.

“McCarthy not only chose to commit shop theft but, in an attempt to get away with her crime threatened an innocent member of staff making him fear for his safety while he was simply doing his job,” said PC Luke Johnson, of Dudley’s Neighbourhood Crime Team.

He continued: “No one should ever have to go to work and fear for their lives when all they’re trying to do is their job. This is why we’ll always do everything in our power to find those responsible for shop thefts and retail crime and put them before the courts.

“I hope this sends a message to anyone who’s thinking they can get away with threatening innocent workers with violence that we will act and you will be arrested for your crimes. We want to continue to encourage businesses to report incidents to us so we can put more offenders like McCarthy behind bars.”