A shoplifter will be able to continue caring for his cancer-stricken mother, who only has weeks to live, after dodging jail with a suspended sentence when caught red-handed helping himself to five Marks and Spencer’s ladies scarves.
Edward Adam Oxley, 47, of Inskip Crescent, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, who receives carers allowance and income support was jailed for shoplifting in April and has over forty theft convictions.
He pleaded guilty at City of London Magistrates’ Court the stealing five Rose Square scarves, worth £97, from the store’s Fenchurch Street branch on November 26.
Prosecutor Mr. Joe Sentence told the court Oxley was caught on CCTV and stopped by security staff.
“He said her was doing it for his mother who was over eighty years old and was going to sell the scarves for money because his benefit had not come through for a few weeks,” added Mr. Sentence.
Oxley, who told the magistrates he was ashamed and felt he had left his mother down, was sentenced to two months imprisonment, suspended for eight months, and ordered to reside at his home address for the duration of the suspension.
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