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Daily Mail
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- Daily Mail
Serial shoplifter spared prison four times because she's a single mum is finally jailed after stealing £3.2k of designer sunglasses
A serial shoplifter who was spared jail four times because she was a single mum has finally been locked up for stealing thousands of pounds worth of designer sunglasses. Kayleigh Bradley, 37, was repeatedly handed suspended sentences after she complained about her difficult childhood and how she had been in and out of care from the age of ten. However Bradley, who has 128 offences on her record, continued to prey on shopkeepers using a foil lined bag and a small 'detagger' she had bought on the internet to beat the security alarms. In her latest spree, she was caught stealing more than £4,000 worth of goods from stores at the Cheshire Oaks retail complex in Ellesmere Port over a two month period. This included the theft of £3,213 worth of designer sunglasses from an opticians on three separate occasions. At Chester Crown Court, she tried to escape jail for a fifth time - again citing her childhood and saying she needed to spend more time with her 12-year-old son. However, she was sentenced to 20 months in prison with Judge Patrick Thompson telling the court: 'Why keep stealing if she wants to spend time with her son? 'I am afraid the defendant thinks court orders do not exist and do not matter. 'This is the first time I have seen someone receive four consecutive suspended sentences. 'I have seen people with sad and difficult backgrounds and I have got sympathy for that - but chance after chance has been given. 'If somebody keeps stealing from shops they are going to prison whatever the problem.' Bradley's four suspended sentences were imposed by JPs and judges in Liverpool between September 2023 and September 2024. But she flouted all four of them to embark on thieving sprees with a male accomplice - once again using her foil lined bag to stop tagged goods setting off the alarms. Prosecutor Miss Selda Krasniqi said that at 11.40am on May 26, Bradley and a male were seen entering the Cheshire Oaks car park in a black Volkswagen car. She was then seen getting out of the vehicle carrying a number of shopping bags and entered the Cosmetic Company store. Bradley selected a number of items with a total value of £872.25. Ms Krasniqi said: 'These were placed in her bag before she walked out making no attempt to pay. 'She then placed the items in the boot of the Volkswagen vehicle. She then entered the David Clulow store, selected five pairs of designer sunglasses valued at £1,495. 'Those items are placed in a foil lined bag. She leaves the store, again making no attempt to pay, then returns to the car and places the bag in the boot. 'The assistant manager of this store reviews the CCTV and identified further incidents where Miss Bradley had committed thefts. 'On Tuesday April 1, Miss Bradley was seen to enter the store, select four pairs of sunglasses before leaving the store without making any attempt at payment. 'Then on March 15, she selected two pairs of sunglasses before leaving without making any attempt at payment. The offending was sophisticated in the nature of planning.' Police arrested Bradley after officers saw her and the unnamed male accomplice get out of the Volkswagen at McDonalds in Rock Ferry. They recovered the foil lined bag and items from David Clulow and the Cosmetic Company. Bradley admitted four charges of theft and one of going equipped for theft. She also admitted being in breach of the four suspended sentence orders. In mitigation, defence counsel Oliver Saddington said: 'She is a woman who has struggled with enormous difficulties growing up. 'She was in and out of care, passed from pillar to post and has struggled with alcohol issues throughout her life. 'She continued stealing as she needed the money. There was the unsavoury company she was in and she owed money to these people and that is why she felt she has no choice but to steal. 'The reason these chances have been given to her is that somebody with her difficulties needs time to rehabilitate. 'There is a method by which the court could deal with the breaches and give this woman a chance to prove herself.' Jailing Bradley for 20 months, the judge said: 'Shopkeepers are trying to make a living. 'People who are working there rely on those shops for employment so why should they have to lose £4,000? 'She has been given a number of chances to prove herself - but all she proved herself to be, I am afraid, is a thief.' Judge Thompson told Bradley: 'You need to understand that people cannot afford for others to steal from them. 'You may see stores as easy prey but the shop owners and people who work there rely on them for their families. 'When people constantly steal from shops, eventually the shops find it difficult to operate economically. 'It is a real problem but it is particularly serious when you are serving not one, not two, not three but four various suspended sentences.' Bradley, who is from Fazakerly in Liverpool, has a criminal career dating back at least 12 years. In 2013, she admitted stealing £580 worth of goods from River Island, Oasis, Warehouse and Dorothy Perkins. She was freed with a two month curfew after a judge ruled: 'Everything indicates she intends to change her life.' But over the following decade she was repeatedly brought before various courts for a string of store thefts.
Daily Mail
22 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
CCTV released in hunt for missing mother, 49, who was last seen at train station - as daughter issues desperate plea 'after bag is found at park'
Police have launched CCTV footage in a bid to find a missing mother last seen at a train station. Claire Bennett, 49, was last heard from at around 1.30pm on Monday afternoon before vanishing in Cornwall. The last confirmed sighting of her was at 3.24pm the same day, as she left Truro Train station. Police have launched an urgent appeal to track down Ms Bennett after they became concerned for her welfare this morning. The mother, from St Austell, is believed to be in the Truro area, according to officers. In a heartbreaking plea to her mother, Ms Bennett's daughter begged her to return home. She told PlymouthLive: 'Mum, if you read this please come home. 'We aren't mad at you and we all bloody love you! 'You win at hide and seek. Just even send me a message to tell me you're OK. 'We can get through this. I promise. I love you.' Ms Bennett's daughter said her mother was 'classed as a high-risk missing person', according to the news website. She added that the family found a bag believed to belong to her mother at the park by the viaduct in Truro. Ms Bennett is described as a white female, around 5ft 10ins tall and of slim build, police said. The mother is also understood to have blonde hair, which she usually wears down. She was last seen wearing a white, stripy top, black cardigan and blue jeans, police confirmed.
Telegraph
22 minutes ago
- Telegraph
Rabbi fired for sexual misconduct blamed autism
A rabbi lost a disability discrimination claim against his employer after he was sacked for sexual misconduct. Dr Moshe Freedman was fired from his post at New West End Synagogue in west London, after he 'transgressed appropriate boundaries' with a woman, the hearing was told. He was reported to police, who took no further action, but the synagogue and the local authority concluded he was guilty of sexual misconduct and fired him. Dr Freedman tried to sue United Synagogues - which oversees New West End - and Anthony Ansell and Andrew Eder, who were involved in his disciplinary process, as he believed he was unfairly and wrongfully dismissed. He also claimed he was the victim of disability discrimination, arguing that his autism was to blame for 'difficulties recognising social boundaries'. He lost all his claims and has been ordered to pay £20,000 to cover legal costs. 'Transgressed appropriate boundaries' The employment tribunal hearing in central London was told he became rabbi of New West End in March 2015. In May 2022, an incident occurred between Dr Freedman and a woman who cannot be identified for legal reasons. He was arrested by police days later and sent an email to other synagogue leaders notifying them, saying: 'There are no words to express the regret that I feel for what I have done and the catastrophic consequences this will have for everyone and everything that is dear to me. I can't say more now.' After he was suspended, the tribunal heard 'he researched any possible links between his autism and what had happened'. Police investigated the sexual misconduct allegation and took no further action. However, Westminster council's local authority designated officer [LADO] concluded that the allegation of sexual misconduct was 'substantiated' due to the consistent account provided by the complainant and due to Dr Freedman's 'part confession'. In its full decision, the tribunal quoted a heavily redacted report that was produced following Dr Freedman's suspension: 'Nevertheless, regardless of his tendency to be tactile and affectionate, my view is that Rabbi Freedman's physical contact ... clearly transgressed appropriate boundaries.' It added: 'At the time he demonstrated a lack of awareness and insight into the appropriateness of his behaviour, and consequently placed himself in a situation he did not know how to manage.' The report said 'that in some situations he finds he difficult to keep his feelings - and his behaviour - in check'. New West End Synagogue concluded he committed the allegation and sacked him in January 2023. 'Obvious reputational risk' Employment Judge Sarah Keogh dismissed all Dr Freedman's claims and said they found his actions 'transgressed boundaries' and were 'supported in this finding by the conclusions reached in the [specialist] report'. She added: 'We reject [Dr Freedman's] assertion that his behaviour at this point in time was because he... had difficulty recognising the social boundaries because of his ASD [Autism Spectrum Disorder]. '[Dr Freedman's] case at its highest was that he was confused as to the boundaries which he ought to have applied.' Judge Keogh concluded: 'In the circumstances the [synagogue] was entitled to summarily dismiss [Dr Freedman] based on seriousness of the conduct, the obvious reputational risk, and the incompatibility of what he had done with his standing as a Rabbi.'
