Woman, 28, who stole £2,000 of drinks from Greggs is spared jail despite admitting 80 offences

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Tiffany O’Neill, 28, was handed a suspended sentence despite pleading guilty to a total of 80 offences

Police have hit out after a prolific shoplifter who stole £2,000 worth of soft drinks from a Greggs store in south London avoided jail today despite pleading guilty to 80 offences.

Tiffany O’Neill, 28, was handed a 26-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, following a relentless spate of offending.

The serial shoplifter has been arrested, charged and remanded to court 11 times since May this year, with police repeatedly hauling her before magistrates as she continued to target the same Greggs branch in Brixton.

She was ultimately charged with 69 theft offences before pleading guilty to a total of 80 offences at Croydon Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.

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But despite her record of offending, O’Neill has escaped an immediate spell behind bars.

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