Overview
- Reece Shaw, 25, pleaded guilty at North Staffordshire Magistrates’ Court and remains on unconditional bail pending sentencing at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.
- Prosecutors said he left a Hanley nightclub, took a taxi to the Anchor Road family home, and CCTV recorded him entering before going upstairs to the jewellery.
- The victim’s parents noticed items missing at about 2am, which suggested they were inside the house when the theft occurred.
- Shaw’s mother later returned most of the stolen jewellery after family pressure, but the £2,000 gold belcher bracelet had already been sold.
- His lawyer cited drug problems, debt, and a difficult upbringing, and said he regrets the offence and wants probation help, factors the judge will consider at sentencing.