A grandmother with 65 previous shoplifting convictions has been jailed for stealing £3,400 worth of goods from supermarkets. Nicola Robson, 44, from Barry, was sentenced to 16 months at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting 15 counts of shoplifting.
The court heard that a supermarket manager was injured while trying to stop Robson from leaving in a getaway car with six bottles of whiskey. Prosecutor Rosamund Rutter said: 'She left the store followed by the manager and got into the passenger seat of a silver car. The car accelerated off while the manager was still trying to stop the defendant from leaving, dragging him 10 to 15ft across the car park.'
Robson, who stole to fund her heroin addiction, was told by Judge Patrick Curran: 'You were stealing to buy drugs.' Her defence lawyer, Harry Baker, said Robson had become a grandmother since the offence and wanted to become a 'proper role model'.
