Shanice Roderick, 21, also used a woman’s bank card in various shops A court heard she was a ‘young and vulnerable’ woman who was addicted to class A drugs
A young woman burgled the same house twice in one day and stole £2,500 worth of items in order to fund her addiction to class A drugs. She was also stopped from stealing a handbag and boxer shorts from John Lewis.
Shanice Roderick, 21, went to John Lewis in Cardiff on October 31 last year and was seen by security staff attempting to leave the store in possession of a handbag and boxer shorts worth £233 in total. She was detained by a member of staff and taken to a hold room, but released due to a delay in the police arriving.
A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Thursday heard Roderick committed two burglaries at the same property in Fitzhamon Embankment, Riverside, on November 11. Don’t miss a court report by signing up to our crime newsletter here.
She first entered the house at 12.35pm before returning with an unknown man at 4.15pm.
The victim of the burglary returned to find a number of items had been taken, including keys, a MacBook, PlayStation 4, a watch, a pocket knife, clothes, food and wine.
Prosecutor Charles Archer said the stolen items were valued at £2,500 in total.
The defendant was identified after her DNA was found on a drinks carton and a headband left at the scene, and she was caught on CCTV footage.
On November 15, Roderick used bank cards belonging to a woman whose car had been broken into at the NCP car park in Westgate Street, Cardiff.
The defendant had used the victim’s cards to purchase items worth £273, with transactions made at a bakery, a convenience store, a nail salon, charity shop and a petrol station.
She was later identified after she was caught on CCTV at the petrol station, purchasing cigarettes.
When interviewed, the defendant admitted the thefts which she said she carried out to fund her cocaine and heroin addiction.
Roderick, of Grand Avenue, Ely, later pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary, theft from a shop and fraud by false representation.
The court heard she had five previous convictions, including three offences of theft.
In mitigation, Erin Morgan said her client was a “young and vulnerable” woman who was addicted to class A drugs.
The barrister said the defendant was “sofa surfing” and had little to no stability in her life, but during her time on remand she has been abstinent from drugs.
Sentencing, Judge Paul Hobson said he had little confidence the defendant would be able to abide by a court order made in conjunction with a suspended sentence, due to her previous refusal to abide by such orders.
Roderick was sentenced to a total of 14 months imprisonment.
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