Swanley shoplifter convicted within 24 hours of arrest
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A shoplifter who targeted a Swanley store three times in one day has been convicted within 24 hours of her arrest.
Proactive patrols refuelling a police car at the Asda garage on Swanley High Street on Sunday 25 August 2024 were alerted to allegations of shoplifting from the forecourt shop.
The officers carried out a swift area search and arrested a woman riding a bicycle on Kingswood Road in connection with the offences.
Convicted
Samantha Parsons, of no fixed address, has since been charged with three counts of theft.
The 50-year-old pleaded guilty before Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court on Monday 26 August and has been released on conditional bail pending a further hearing at the same court on Friday 25 October.