Gemma Snook, 24, was with a pal when they held up Martins Newsagents, in Clay Hill Road, Basildon, on June 8.
The pair started a row with a female shop assistant about the Post Office being closed on a Sunday.
They then jabbed a knife at her face and ordered her to hand over about £50 from the till.
Lovely!
Snook, who has 21 previous convictions dating back to when she was 15-years-old, was handed an 18-month prison sentence, suspended for two years.
*signs*
Matthew Bone, mitigating, said Snook had turned to drugs and a life of crime after a difficult childhood.
Oh, wait, I know it’s here somewhere…
Recorder Elroy Claxton said: “I understand from your pre-sentence report, that if given some assistance you may be able to lead a life free of drugs and crime.
“If you breach this suspended sentence order you will come back here and I will have absolutely no choice but to send you to jail.”
Funny, I don’t seem to need any ‘assistance’ to stop me from threatening behaviour & robbery. Nor do so many others.
Work camp. Sleeping in tents. Oatmeal on a campfire if she can light one. Give her something to compare the harshness of existence with. This sort of therapy would cost a fortune in Utah. I believe we should provide it for free to those who deserve it. About six months worth.
ReplyDeleteThese sorts of things really do make the blood boil.
ReplyDelete" This sort of therapy would cost a fortune in Utah. I believe we should provide it for free to those who deserve it. "
ReplyDeleteWe lack Utah's climate, though.
"These sorts of things really do make the blood boil."
Familiarity hasn't yet bred contempt.