Woman with over 300 convictions handed four-month sentence for spate of Dublin thefts
2 min readA serial thief with extra than 300 felony convictions has been specified a four-thirty day period sentence for a spate of shoplifting in central Dublin.
Mother of 5 Linda Staunton (46), of Dunne Road flats, Dublin 1, pleaded guilty on Friday to thefts and possessing stolen property on nine dates about a four-month period previous 12 months.
Dublin District Court heard she stole €135 really worth of outfits on August 21st, €159 really worth of razors on September 25th and €180 worth of fragrance on October 1st. On September 5th, she was identified in possession of stolen wellbeing health supplements and garments.
Gardaí seen her “acting suspiciously” on Oct 14th and was observed carrying a bag with a few things of outfits suspected to have been stolen.
3 times afterwards, she was stopped soon after having €127 worthy of of outfits from New Appear on Jervis Avenue.
She stole €97 worth of house items from Arnotts on Henry Road, nevertheless, gardaí recovered them on Oct 20th.
She also stole €250 worth of garments from Future on Henry avenue 6 times later, and on November 1st, Staunton took cosmetics valued at €757 from a pharmacist at Charlemont Square, Dublin 2 and left.
CCTV footage led to her currently being discovered and was caught making an attempt to take €246 value of cosmetics when she returned the pharmacist the adhering to day.
The courtroom heard most of her prison convictions had been thefts.
Defence solicitor Eoin Lysaght said his consumer was pleasant but had habit difficulties for “a very long variety of years”.
Mr Lysaght extra she created tries to stop all through durations in custody and was apologetic.
