Woman who stole a pair of runners from Penneys escapes with a fine

A 32-yr-aged lady who stole two pairs of runners from Penneys has been fined €100 at Swords District Court docket.

racey Sutton pleaded guilty to theft at the apparel retail store in the Pavillions Browsing Centre on May 7th, 2022.

The court docket heard Sutton entered Penneys with an vacant Dunnes bag and proceeded to just take two pairs of runners and a wide range of cosmetics from the shelves and set them into the bag. The defendant then place the new runners on her feet and transferred her possess sneakers to the bag prior to attempting to depart the shop. She was apprehended and detained by safety workers before exiting the shop.

Sutton, with an deal with at Belclear Crescent, Ballymun, has 23 earlier convictions relationship again to 2014, all site visitors linked.

Defence barrister Annette Kealy stated the accused is someone who ran into sure troubles right after acquiring concerned in drug use by way of a mate.

She claimed Sutton, who is a mother of 4, is now attending counselling and is on a maintenance methadone treatment programme.

She is “very ashamed” of her behaviour on the working day and places it down to “absolute stupidity” on her component and preferred to guarantee the courtroom that she would never ever do nearly anything like this again, the barrister extra.

Judge Dermot Dempsey convicted Sutton and imposed a €100 wonderful.