Interesting. Extracts:

“Since May, Tiffany O’Neill, 28, has stolen more than £2,000 worth of goods.

She has been arrested, charged and remanded to court 11 times.

O’Neill was ultimately charged with 69 theft offences.

She appeared for sentencing at Croydon Magistrates’ Court today, November 11, and pleaded guilty to a total of 80 offences.

O’Neill swerved spending time behind bars but was given a 26-week sentence, suspended for 12 months…

New rules on magistrates and judges that came into force earlier this year require a sentence of less than a year to be suspended unless very specific exceptions apply…

O’Neill was initially banned from entering the London Borough of Lambeth and required to wear a GPS tag as a condition of her bail.

However, despite repeated offending whilst on bail, the GPS tag was never fitted.

Three sentencing hearings were previously adjourned because she failed to appear in court, and a fourth was delayed earlier this week due to tech issues at the court…

Our investigation prompted pledges from ministers to clamp down on shoplifting, which has risen 60 per cent in three years.”

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