'Menace to Shrewsbury's shopkeepers' is sent to rehab for addiction after string of thefts
A "menace to the shopkeepers of Shrewsbury" has been spared jail to give her a chance to try and get her drug addiction under control.
Prolific shoplifter Molly Jones targeted shops in a spate of eight thefts in the county town.
The 25-year-old stole £670 worth of pyjamas, bedding and designer gifts from some shops in the town centre and others on retail parks in February, March, April and June this year.
She stole £200 of beauty products from Boots in Pride Hill, pyjamas worth £72 from Matalan in Harlescott, bedding, cleaning products and curtains worth £260 from The Range in Battlefield, Dolce & Gabbana and Versace gift sets worth £122 from Superdrug in Pride Hill, as well as photo frames and cleaning products worth £32 from Poundstretcher in Harlescott.
