Magherafelt woman pleads guilty to stealing groceries from Tesco store
A Magherafelt woman pleaded guilty four charges of stealing groceries from the town’s Tesco store when she appeared at the local magistrates court.
Tina Cudden, aged 54, from Sandymount in the town, is charged with the theft of groceries on April 17, April 24 and May 1, to an unknown value, and stealing groceries to the value of £429.69 belonging to Tesco on May 8 last year.
A defence lawyer said the matter had been adjourned from a previous court to allow the defendant to attend.
He suggested that a pre-sentence report would be of assistance to the court.
He said the defence would be seeking a psychological report prior to sentencing.
District Judge Conor Heaney remarked that a pre-sentence report would be useful to the court and ordered “a short report”.
Adjourning the case until February 4, the judge told the defendant to cooperate with the Probation Service and to return to court next month to “hopefully have the matter disposed of”.