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Thefts ‘paid for partner’s drugs’
MOTHER of three Jodie Young stole groceries from supermar- kets to feed her husband’s drug addiction, a court heard. Jodie Young (31), of Brishing
Lane, appeared at Maidstone Magistrates Court after stealing goodsworthmore than £200 from Morrisons and Co-op. OnNovember 2, Young sat sob-
bing in the dock as the court heard how, between August and Sep- tember, she took alcohol, meat, food and toiletries fromthe stores. The bench heard how she was
once seen on CCTV secreting items in a shoulder bag and on another occasionwas spotted tak- ing goods froma chiller cabinet. Prosecuting, Debbie Jones told
the court Young admitted the of- fences and told police she had had a “bad time recently and she was sorry forwhat she had done”. Defending, Geoffery Playford
toldmagistrates Jodie had been in a 15-year relationshipwith aman
– the father of her children –who was an “abusive and controlling” drug addict. She committed thefts to pay for his drug habit but she had since split fromhim. Jobless Youngwas the subject of
a conditional discharge in relation to an assault she committed on her former partner. The defence told the court
Young did not consider herself to have a drink or drug problem. Arepresentative of theprobation
service told the bench that after a happy childhood, Young went off the rails aged 14 and had been in a series of abusive relationships be- foremeeting her partner at 16. Having been evicted from her
home, she was now living with a friend, sometimes drinking a bot- tle of vodka in a day. Young pleaded guilty to four
counts of theft, was given a 12- month community order and is to undertake a three-month alcohol treatment programme.
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