A WOMAN who stole more than £1,000 worth of items from Marks and Spencer stores across Dorset has avoided an immediate prison term.
Jessica Jade Beswick pleaded guilty to four counts of theft from M&S, one count of theft from Superdrug and breach of a suspended sentence order.
A hearing at Poole Magistrates’ Court on August 24 heard that Beswick, 30 and of Wimborne Road, Bournemouth, stole £246.99 worth of alcohol from M&S in High Street, Christchurch, on March 22, while on March 20 she took £200 of goods from the same store.
On March 21, she took food, drink and alcohol to the value of £360 without paying from the chain’s store in Lower Blandford Road, Poole.
Beswick targeted the Poole store again on March 28, taking approximately £280 of food and alcohol.
Back in January, the defendant stole a candle to the value of £20 from Superdrug at Castlepoint.
Magistrates handed Beswick a prison sentence totalling 16 weeks, suspended for two years.
She was ordered to pay £20 compensation to Superdrug and £420 compensation to M&S, along with a £50 fine for breaching the existing suspended sentence.
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