Overview
- Emma Britton, 51, admitted stealing £60 worth of chicken from a Co-op in Solihull on December 1 after the theft was captured on CCTV.
- Appearing via video link from HMP Foston Hall, she instructed her solicitor to ask the court to send her to prison for as long as possible.
- District Judge Michelle Smith said the offence was aggravated by Britton’s previous record once she declined the Intensive Supervision Court option.
- The judge imposed an immediate eight-week prison term and described it as proportionate in the circumstances.
- Britton was ordered to pay £20 compensation to Co-op and responded to the sentence by asking, “Can’t you give me longer?”