Woman charged following thefts from shops

A woman has been charged with more than 20 offences following a spate of shoplifting in Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent.

Sophie Alcock, 25, from Bradwell, Newcastle-under-Lyme, has been charged with 12 counts of theft from a shop, two counts of attempted theft from a shop, assault, and eight counts of breaching a criminal behaviour order (CBO).

It comes after we responded to reports of shoplifting at Marks & Spencer, B&M and Dunelm, on Wolstanton Retail Park, Co-op stores on Barbridge Road and London Road, in Chesterton, and Handbridge Avenue, in Bradwell, and Home Bargains, on Newcastle Street, in Burslem, between Tuesday 3 December and Wednesday 18 December.

Alcock appeared at the North Staffordshire Justice Centre yesterday (Monday 23 December) and was remanded in custody to a hearing at Stoke on Trent Crown Court, with a date to be fixed.