Woman who stole £2k worth of drinks from one Greggs store avoids prison
Police said officers spent 120 hours on the case as O'Neill admitted 80 offences and received a suspended jail term.
- On Wednesday, repeat shoplifter Tiffany O'Neill, 28, received a 26-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months at Croydon Magistrates' Court after admitting 80 theft offences involving over £2,000 of soft drinks from Greggs.
- Officers spent 120 hours investigating O'Neill, who was arrested 11 times and repeatedly released on bail despite breaching conditions, including failing to attend court on three separate occasions.
- Under government guidelines intended to ease prison overcrowding, most custodial sentences under a year are suspended, prompting Sergeant Chris Wilkinson to call O'Neill's release a "disappointment" given her frequent reoffending.
- A Criminal Behaviour Order now bans O'Neill from Brixton town centre and all UK Greggs stores for two years, while the retailer invests in CCTV and law enforcement platforms to track crime.
- The Home Office announced plans on Wednesday to target 500 prolific shoplifters, with data showing 9% of offenders commit 52% of all offences nationally, while charity Revolving Doors advocates addressing addiction and mental health.
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'Prolific' Greggs shoplifter avoids jail despite stealing £2,000 worth of soft drinks from bakery
A "prolific" Greggs shoplifter has avoided prison despite stealing more than £2,000 worth of soft drinks from a single bakery. The Metropolitan Police said since May, Tiffany O'Neill, 28, has been arrested, charged and remanded to court 11 times, before ultimately charged with 69 theft offences.Yesterday, she appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court having already pleaded guilty to a total of 80 offences. Despite the scale of her offending, Ms O'N…
Prolific shoplifter stole more than £2,000-worth of drinks from same Greggs stor
Tiffany O'Neill has so far been arrested and taken to court 11 times and has been charged with 69 theft offences, but has been allowed to walk free thanks to new rules requiring short sentences to be suspended.
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Woman who stole £2k worth of drinks from one Greggs store avoids prison
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The Independent (US)Serial Greggs shoplifter who admitted to 80 offences spared jail
The Metropolitan Police said Tiffany O’Neill had been arrested 11 times since May
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