Summary
A 41-year-old Kingsway woman who stole thousands of pounds worth of goods from local stores in a series of 27 shoplifting raids has received a suspended jail sentence. Rhiannon Gibbons, of Silverstone Walk, Kingsway, pleaded guilty at Cheltenham Magistrates Court to a campaign of thefts from Tesco Express, Boots and Sainsbury’s between May and September this year.
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Of the 27 theft charges she admitted, nine did not specify the value of the goods she stole but the other eighteen did – and they added up to almost £3,000. She stole twelve times from Tesco Express stores in Quedgeley and Tuffley, eight times from Sainsbury’s in Barnwood and 7 times from the Boots store at Olympus Park. The goods she targeted were alcohol, beauty products, cheese and confectionery.
The two highest value thefts were both from Boots – £773 worth of cosmetics on 21st August this year and another £888 worth six days later. Gibbons was sentenced to a total of eight weeks jail suspended for a year, 12 months supervision and a six months alcohol rehabilitation order which includes providing regular samples for testing.
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On two of the charges she was ordered to pay compensation totalling £382 and the magistrates also ordered her to pay £60 costs. The magistrates stated “The offences are so serious that only a custodial sentence can be justified, The reasons for this: nature and seriousness, sustained period of repeat offending, number of offences.”
