Two Plymouth teenage girls admit robbery
TWO teenage girls who had never been in trouble before took part in a robbery.
Charlotte Thompson, aged 18, and 19-year-old Jessica Glanville played a "peripheral role" in the offence at the Barbican Leisure Park, Plymouth Crown Court was told yesterday.
Thompson, of Teats Hill Flats, Coxside and Glanville, of Gray Crescent, Barne Barton, admitted robbery and affray in May of last year.
Sarah Vince, prosecuting, said the Crown accepted they had played a "peripheral role" in the offence, picking money from the floor. Both were of previous good character.
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Emma Birt, for Glanville, said the robbery was committed under the influence of alcohol and Valium – but she had stayed out of trouble since.
Miss Birt said she had struggled with dyslexia but had now gone back to college.
Jo Martin, for Thompson, said she was a young mother and helping at a youth centre.
Judge Paul Darlow gave each teen a four-month nightly curfew and banned them from the leisure park for the same period. Glanville was put under probation supervision for 12 months and Thompson ordered to do 200 hours unpaid work.
Comments
by Nevman
Sunday, November 11 2012, 8:41AM
“No criminal has ever been in trouble before, until they're caught.
The previous posters are right about dyslexia being no excuse. I've known dyslexics who have gone on to make a great success of their lives, and the flouting of such issues as a bogus 'justification' for criminal acts is a gross insult to those who have put considerable effort into coping with their condition.”
by lweston
Saturday, November 10 2012, 10:29AM
“Here we go again:-
Zero tolerance from the courts and legal system
And as for being dyslexic - what difference does that make -
Everybody knows there is only one X in the middle of OXO”
by jaygeek1
Saturday, November 10 2012, 8:43AM
“........she had struggled with dyslexia..........
So flipping what ? ! ? Next you are going to tell me she is left handed and get some sympathy for that also ?
I think we all struggle in life, it is the actions we take which determine the kind of person we are.
Her choice to mug and steal whilst drunk and valium'd up........... noone elses.
Pity the dyslexic ! ! ! What a joke. Most likely a heroin addict, pregnant and leeching resources from the council within 12 months.”