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.
3 comments:
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.
These sorts of things really do make the blood boil.
" This sort of therapy would cost a fortune in Utah. I believe we should provide it for free to those who deserve it. "
We lack Utah's climate, though.
"These sorts of things really do make the blood boil."
Familiarity hasn't yet bred contempt.
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