Login Register  Scunthorpe woman stole from supermarkets to feed
hungry son (16)  By Scunthorpe Telegraph  |  Posted: November
08, 2012  Comments (0)  Pressure from her "hungry" teenage son
led a woman to go on two thieving missions to supermarkets, a
court heard.  Christine Mitchell, 38, of High Street,
Scunthorpe, admitted stealing items valued at £349 from
Morrisons on October 17 and stealing goods valued at £277 from
Tesco on October 31.  Jayne Wilson, prosecuting, told North
Lincolnshire Magistrates' Court that on both occasions Mitchell
tried to push a trolley loaded with items out of the Scunthorpe
supermarkets but was stopped by security staff and detained.
Simon Davies, mitigating, said Mitchell claimed that her
16-year-old son had been at home and was saying that he was
hungry. She did not have any food and had been turned down for a
crisis loan by the benefit agencies so went out stealing, Mr
Davies said.  She had previous convictions for theft and needed
to be put "back on the straight and narrow