Police and CPS likeΒ soft targets. (I call it sandwich justice, but sometimes, it goes a lot further than mere sandwich justice.) Thankfully, she was not jailed for 12 months.
Readers, howmany more similar stories am I going to have to cover?
A woman whose benefits had been stopped stole food from a supermarket.
Wendy Rogers, 51, of Garstang Road East, Poulton, pleaded guilty to two offences of theft.
Chrissie Hunt, prosecuting, said Rogers took a shoulder of pork from Asda on September 28, and the following day returned to the store and took a packet of cream cheese.
Trevor Colebourne, defending, said his client, who had no previous convictions, was severely disabled and had had numerous operations.
At the time of the theft she had problems over her benefits and was penniless.
Rogers was given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay Β£15 victimsβ surcharge by Blackpool magistrates.
