A woman who was handed a community order some 6 years ago for stealing 2 Yankee candles and assaulting a social worker has appeared back in court for failing to comply with the order.
Rianne Galloway, 24, of Cedar Hill in Newport, admitted to failing to comply with the unpaid work requirement of her community order when she appeared in front of Magistrates on Friday morning.
Probation told the court that Galloway failed to attend unpaid work appointments on 31st August and 14th September, without a reasonable excuse to do so.
Galloway was convicted of theft from a shop back in 2016 after she stole 2 Yankee Candles from Boots, worth £18.99. The then 18-year-old was also charged with assault by beating. Whilst at a social services meeting, the teen became abusive and foul-mouthed before throwing a chair across the room in the direction of the person in charge of the session. They weren’t injured.
Defending, Oscar Vincent said that at the time of the missed appointments his client was mentally in a bad place, citing this for her reason for not attending, adding that reinstating the community order once more wouldn’t be possible due to her ongoing application for Employment Support Allowance.
The 24-year-old was sentenced to 12 weeks in custody, suspended for 12 months.
Always mental health.
The blanket excuse these days.
Stealing candles, I believe the mental health excuse is legit on this occasion. Rianne Galloway, I have large number of candles aka unwanted gifts you can have without the fear of prosecution.
Whatever happened to Prisons for crimes
Prison for nicking a couple of candles and kicking off?
Why don’t we go the whole hog and execute people for littering?
Good idea .
It took 6 years to get her to court for non attendance !!! How ridiculous.
Virtually a non-crime. Ridiculous waste of our money.
Clearly it’s never worked, just sponged. Why is it acceptable for taxpayers to continually waste money on them.
How much does Universal Credit cost the UK government?
Spending on UC and its predecessors has risen from around £12 billion in 1985-86 to £80 billion in 2020-21 in nominal terms. It currently represents around 3.8 per cent of GDP,