Devastated mother told police about daughter's theft of her Apple iMac
A mother told of her devastation at how her daughter stole an Apple iMac computer from her home and she felt forced to tell police.
Jade Dodds, 32, of Scunthorpe, admitted theft from the home of her mother on September 11 last year.
Prosecuting at Grimsby Crown Court, Holly Thompson told how the mother received a telephone call that day from her daughter asking if she could collect her belongings.
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Due to previous incidents and difficulties, the mum watched as her daughter packed a suitcase. But when she turned her back for a short while, Dodds packed the computer into the suitcase. Her mum spotted the computer was missing and remonstrated with her to open the suitcase and return it. But Dodds barged past her mum and sister, leaving the home barefooted and without her mobile phone.
Humberside Police were called and Dodds was arrested. In a police interview, she denied being at the home but acknowledged her family were worried about her drug use.
Reading from the mother's victim impact statement, Miss Thompson said the mum felt "devastated and distraught." She told how she loved her daughter but wanted her to get on the right path and get help to come off drugs.
"I give her food and money but seeing her in the state she is in, kills me. She is killing herself with drugs. I hope she will get the help she needs," the mother said.
For Dodds, Craig Lowe said her father had been murdered in 2017 and he submitted a letter sent for her mother and stepfather. She had saved £100 while on remand in prison in order to give it to her stepfather for the stolen Apple iMac, he said.
Judge Paul Watson KC said: "It was a mean, nasty and unpleasant offence." He imposed a 12-month restraining order for her not to contact her mother and stepfather and not to go to her mum's home address. He jailed Dodds for nine months for the theft. The defendant had already served the equivalent of nine months while waiting for sentence on remand.
Judge Waston KC said he would not make an order for compensation. "She can give it as a gesture of reconciliation," he said.