Shoplifting pair targeted Asda for boozy Christmas presents to 'not let people down'
A man and a woman raided an Asda store to get Christmas presents so they 'didn't let family and friends down'.
Charlotte Sutton, 31, and Adam Morris, aged 38, of the same address in Lincoln Road, Wrockwardine Wood, in Telford, said they knew what they were doing was wrong when they appeared at Telford Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
Both admitted four counts of theft as they represented themselves before the bench of two magistrates.
Sutton said: "I have a lot of family and friends and I like to give them presents. I know there is no excuse for it, I know it is unacceptable but I am just giving you a reason."
She added that the pair, who have both struggled to find employment in the past, were struggling for cash when they decided to get alcohol as presents and to target the Asda store in Donnington, Telford, in December last year.
