Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing A crack cocaine addict recruited a homeless man to rob a drunk she had met in a pub, a court heard.
Emma Berry, 34, rifled through her victim's pockets and stole his phone, cash and cigarettes after her accomplice had threatened to smash a bottle over his head.
But the drug-addicted mum was arrested nearby. Now she has escaped a jail sentence after a court heard about her 'unenviable start in life', a string of abusive partners and addiction to crack cocaine. READ MORE:Woman taken to hospital after car in police chase crashes into her in hit-and-run She sobbed as she was told she would be spared a jail term at Manchester Crown Court yesterday.
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