A SHOPLIFTER was shown leniency after magistrates were told of her mental illness and her partner's sickness.Kathleen Towns appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday, November 20, and pleaded guilty to stealing perfume worth £55.79 from Boots in Barnstaple on November 5.This put her in breach of a conditional discharge for handling stolen goods, which she received in August 2015. However, despite this, presiding magistrate Paul Cooper said he would take the unusual step of...
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