Woman broke into student houses
A TEENAGE woman battling alcohol addiction has been locked up after admitting her third and fourth house burglaries.
Prosecutor David Gittins said on September 21 last year, Charlotte Webster walked into a student house at Glen Park Avenue, off North Road East in Plymouth.
She was spotted leaving the living room in a hurry, having stolen a flannel, toilet rolls and food.
Another man in the same road later saw her leaving another student house, claiming she was a friend of one of the residents.
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She was later found to have taken nine computer games worth £142 plus a punnet of grapes from the fridge.
She was arrested at the city's rail station after police were told she was trying more doors in the street.
The court heard that Webster, aged 19 and of Sidwell Avenue, Exeter, had two previous convictions for burglary, as well as for robbery and battery.
Sarah Vince, for Webster, said she had come to Plymouth to visit her mother and sister, but had been picked up by a man she feared who drove her to Dartmoor and made her drink a bottle of alcohol.
She now had a new partner and aspirations to own a cafe, she said.
Judge Francis Gilbert QC sentenced Webster to 18 months in a young offenders' institution.
Comments
by pogle63
Sunday, June 10 2012, 10:11PM
“Don`t know about battling alcohol addiction it would appear she is also battling kleptomania too - alcoholic or not burglars are scumbags and deserve locking up - no sympathy at all.”
by josdave
Sunday, June 10 2012, 2:03PM
“Those of you going on about the items stolen did you miss that she had done four burglaries that we know about. The sooner we bring in this rule they have in the states of "three strikes and you're out" the better. We often hear of criminals with a string of convictions walking free from court with a slap on the wrist. The three strikes rule would act as some sort of deterrent and would stop our lenient courts from letting them loose on the public to continue their crimes.”
by puffing_billy
Sunday, June 10 2012, 1:23PM
“The most interesting bit of this report is that Judge Gilbert has actually locked a criminal away. Is this possibly a change of heart ???”
by flowcur
Sunday, June 10 2012, 1:01PM
“why is always important to mention that the hoodlum had addiction to alcohol ,drugs etc.
it doesn't matter thief is thief with or without addiction, do they think that if they say that they are addicts they can get away with it.? Also I know many addicts who is most responsible people .”
by shipmateron
Sunday, June 10 2012, 12:21PM
“You can't run a cafe without flannels, toilet roll and food. Give the girl a break!”
by PlymptonPong
Sunday, June 10 2012, 12:08PM
“top marks to the student for having a flannel, toilet rolls and food. (only kidding!) 18 months does seem a bit steep compared to many of the other sentences seen on here. would the young offenders institute help to cure the cause of this problem?”
by whinger7643
Sunday, June 10 2012, 11:45AM
“Alcohol and drug addiction is only ever scratched on the surface, while it is recognised it is probably the greatest cause of crime and for our inflated insurance costs. We all know that the current economic climate makes it difficult to put more money into this, but the problems get bigger every day. Stupid penny pinching with the customs rersources is insane when trying to combat the drugs problem and when we look at how supermarkets almost throw alcohol at customers, surely we would be better convincing the supermarkets would gain a great deal of public respect if they charged full price and gave the difference to fighting alcohol addiction.”
by Bob_Wickerman
Saturday, June 09 2012, 11:05PM
“..'she stole a flannel, toilet rolls, food, nine computer games, and a punnet of grapes'..
18 months in the slammer seems a bit steep, the punnetment certainly doesn't fit the crime in this case”