Two mothers have been spared jail after they stole more than £5,000 worth of sunglasses from the Trafford Centre because the judge said she was taking their children into account.
Two mothers have been spared jail after they stole more than £5,000 worth of sunglasses from the Trafford Centre because the judge said she was taking their children into account.
Prosecuting, Mr Mark Pritchard told the court how Jordan and Richardson had 'worked together', with Jordan acting as a lookout and distracting staff while Richardson took the sunglasses from the John Lewis store at the Trafford Centre. The pair committed their first offence earlier this year, on April 19, where they stole eight pairs of sunglasses ranging between £200 and £481, and valued at a total of £3,164.
They returned to the same store just three days later on April 22, carrying out what Mr Pritchard called 'exactly the same operation' where they stole a further six pairs of sunglasses valued between £298 and £508, with a total value of £2,168. They then attempted to visit the store on a third occasion, where they were grabbed by store security. The £5,332 worth of stolen goods have not been recovered.
Mitigating, Mr Carville said that both defendants are mothers caring for children, and that Jordan has a child with special needs who requires specialist support. The court heard how Ms Richardson is a single parent of four children. He said both of them had managed to 'stay out of trouble' for several years and Jordan had written a letter to the judge in relation to her child's circumstances.
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