Locked Up: The criminals put behind bars in Greater Manchester this week
A number of criminals have been jailed
08:09, 24 JAN 2021
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Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice People were locked up for a wide range of criminal offences over the past week, with M.E.N. reporters there to cover the most serious cases.
Thief spared jail because of her baby made the child up and lied to judge
The judge took sympathy on brazen McCarthy when she told him about her baby at home - that didn t exist
20:13, 21 JAN 2021
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Heather McCarthy from West Derby
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An officer manager who lied that she d just had a baby to avoid prison after stealing £7,700 from work to fund her cocaine habit has been jailed for eight months.
Heather McCarthy, 33, used the fictitious birth to make a tearful plea for mercy last November, claiming she hadn t told anyone about her child because of post natal depression.
As a result she was handed a suspended sentence as the judge was reluctant to separate the mother from her child.
McCarthy, who d burned the cash on drink and drugs, sobbed in the dock and repeated thank you so much, as the judge ordered for her to be freed.
Woman who lied about having a baby in brazenly dishonest bid to avoid jail is locked up
Heather McCarthy, 33, initially received a suspended sentence but has now been jailed
Heather McCarthy (Image: Cavendish Press)
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