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Woman caught shoplifting was 'overwhelmed' at the time

67-year-old admits handling stolen goods

A Douglas woman has been ordered to pay compensation to a shop she was caught stealing from.

Danute Kisieliene, of Palatine Road, was stopped by staff in Marks and Spencer on 23 October last year.

She’d been spotted placing a coat, valued at £79, into her bag and trying to leave the store.

When police searched her home later that day they found hundreds of pounds worth of other stolen items from M+S.

At Douglas Courthouse the 67-year-old admitted theft and handling stolen goods with her advocate describing the offending as a ‘worrying set of events’.

A probation officer told the court Kisieliene, who has no previous convictions, had been ‘overwhelmed at the time’ adding: “She described feeling in a very dark place.”

Deemster Graeme Cook fined Kisieliene £600 and ordered her to pay £406.50p in compensation to Marks and Spencer.

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