Shoplifter jailed after stealing designer handbags worth £2,000
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 10:45 amMelissa Barrowman is now serving a 12-week prison sentence after the thefts in Coventry
A woman has been jailed for stealing nearly £2,000 worth of designer handbags in Coventry.
Melissa Barrowman admitted two counts of theft which included stealing a total of ten handbags - including four Kate Spade handbags - from TK Maxx.
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The first theft took place on February 25 when Kate Spade bags - worth a total of £1,000 - were stolen, before the second theft of six further bags worth £949 on March 7.
Barrowman, 31, of no fixed address, was sentenced at Coventry Magistrates’ Court to 12 weeks in prison and was ordered to pay £600 compensation.
It'll cost almost £1,000 a week to keep her in prison!
