Walker woman who burgled Newcastle North Face shop and pub walks free from court
by Rob Kennedy · ChronicleLiveA woman who burgled a city centre shop and a Tyneside pub has walked free from court.
Angelina Jobson carried out a series of offences while already subject to a conditional discharge. She caused thousands of pounds of loss and damage to the North Face shop in Newcastle during one break in.
She then broke into a Newcastle pub, stealing beer after a window was smashed. She also stole alcohol and sweets from a fuel station. However she has been allowed to keep her freedom after a judge at Newcastle Crown Court imposed a community order for the offences
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The court heard it was on February 29 this year that Jobson, 30, of Greenford Road, Walker, Newcastle, went to the Esso fuel station on the Coast Road with a man and stole £40 of alcohol and sweets.
On March 1, the manager of the North Face shop, on Blackett Street, in Newcastle city centre, got a call from security staff saying the store had been burgled by raiders who smashed the front door. CCTV showed a woman - Jobson - using a tool to break the door and enter with a man.
Various items were stolen, including clothing, were stolen and others were damaged with blood, to a total value of £3,342. In a business impact statement, the manager said they had to close for a day, resulting in a loss of at least £2,500 in takings and they also faced the cost of having the door repaired.
In the early hours of March 12, Jobson and a man broke into The County pub in Newcastle after smashing a window and she stole two bottles of beer.
Jobson, who has eight previous convictions and was on a conditional discharge at the time, pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary and one of theft. Mr Recorder Wheeler sentenced her to a 12-month community order with £250 compensation and a fine.
The judge said: "It's possible you were acting with others and they were pressurising you but you still committed the offences."
Penny Hall, defending, said: "There's a history of drug and alcohol misuse but she is now on a methadone prescription."
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