Shoplifter, 26, spared prison
A SOUTHAMPTON judge kept a Bursledon woman who admitted shoplifting out of prison in the public interest.
Judge Peter Henry explained that if he jailed Natasha Brown, it would only be for a few weeks and she would come out without any support.
He gave her an 18-month community order with supervision and a six-month drug rehabilitation order.
Brown, 26, of Nightingale Close, admitted two counts of shoplifting and one of breaching a community order.
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