shoplifting spree because she 'didn't have nice things like this'.Demi Ellis travelled all the way from Yorkshire to Birmingham city centre where she targeted Selfridges, House of Fraser, Boots, Zara and Morphe.
The 19-year-old was caught at the Bullring after being spotted on CCTV and later went on to say it was her 'friend's idea'. Ellis, of Cedar Close, Stocksbridge, Sheffield, pleaded guilty to five counts of theft from a shop at Birmingham Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, April 12.
She was sentenced to 12 weeks, suspended for 18 months, and told to stay away from 'friends' who get her into trouble.On December 9 last year Ellis stole £947 of clothes from House of Fraser, £186 worth of makeup from Morphe, £48 of clothes and makeup from Boots, a further £350 haul from Selfridges and clothes worth £48 from Zara.Prosecutor Neelam Shafiq said: "Officers were called to the Bullring on December 9 by security from Selfridges to two females, Ms Ellis and her friend, who had been observed on CCTV in Selfridges, Morphe, House of Fraser, Boots and Zara selecting items and taking those."All items were recovered and returned to the shops.
Morphe expressed the effect on their profit margins of offences of this nature."She argued there was 'high culpability' because it was a group activity that involved planning.
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