A repeat offender has been fined after fleeing a restaurant without paying and stealing from a supermarket. Tracy Dimmick, 49, bolted from Sambucas, an Italian restaurant in Cramlington, Northumberland, after racking up a £91 bill for food and drinks. She was identified from CCTV footage, arrested, and sentenced in March for making off without payment. She was fined and ordered to pay compensation.
Shoplifting spree at Morrisons
It has now emerged that Dimmick also stole items worth £46 from Morrisons in Blyth on two separate occasions before the restaurant incident. On August 4 and September 26 last year, she was identified by a store worker as a regular offender. She stole £16 worth of razor blades on one occasion and £30 worth of laundry products on another.
Defence and sentencing
Steve Chambers, defending, said Dimmick was homeless at the time and sold the goods for money. He noted that had the shoplifting been dealt with alongside the restaurant offence, the sentence might not have differed much. Magistrates fined Dimmick £40 and ordered her to pay £46 in compensation.
