Here’s a round-up of some of best and most wacky magistrates court stories from May.
Couple took three kids with them on £1,200 Blackburn shoplifting trip A couple had three children with them when they went on a shoplifting expedition. Blackburn magistrates heard property worth over £1,200 was recovered from their car. Melissa McDonagh, 32, of Topsham Walk, Manchester, pleaded guilty to theft of property worth £553 from B & Q, Blackburn, theft of bottles of alcohol worth £254 from Tesco, Haslingden, theft of spirits worth £192 from Asda, Blackburn, and theft of clothing worth £211 from B & M Bargains, Blackburn. She was made subject to a community order for 12 months with 15 days rehabilitation activity requirement, fined £80 and ordered to pay £95 victim surcharge and £85 costs.
Here’s a round-up of some of best and most wacky magistrates court stories from May.
Couple took three kids with them on £1,200 Blackburn shoplifting trip A couple had three children with them when they went on a shoplifting expedition. Blackburn magistrates heard property worth over £1,200 was recovered from their car. Melissa McDonagh, 32, of Topsham Walk, Manchester, pleaded guilty to theft of property worth £553 from B & Q, Blackburn, theft of bottles of alcohol worth £254 from Tesco, Haslingden, theft of spirits worth £192 from Asda, Blackburn, and theft of clothing worth £211 from B & M Bargains, Blackburn. She was made subject to a community order for 12 months with 15 days rehabilitation activity requirement, fined £80 and ordered to pay £95 victim surcharge and £85 costs.
Aldi in Blackburn A WOMAN who had recently undergone heart surgery was attacked in a supermarket after showing concern for what she thought was a stray dog. Blackburn magistrates heard the woman was dragged to the floor by her hair and then pulled across the shopping aisle. The attack by Mrs Charlie Jackson only ended when staff at Aldi on Montague Street, Blackburn, intervened. Jackson, 46, of Bolton Road, Blackburn, pleaded guilty to assaulting Victoria Goulden and two charges of assaulting an emergency worker. She was sentenced to eight weeks in prison suspended for 12 months and made subject to a community order with 25 days rehabilitation activity requirement and a nine months alcohol treatment order. She was ordered to pay £50 to each of her victims, £85 costs and £128 victim surcharge.