A serial shoplifter has been sent back to jail after she stole three trolley-loads of goods.
Judianne Rauputiputi Williams, 37, of Mangakino, was sentenced in Rotorua District Court this week to six months' jail after pleading guilty to three shoplifting charges.
Judge Denys Barry said Williams walked out of The Warehouse in Tokoroa on March 8 with a trolley containing more than $300 worth of goods. She returned the next day and stole household goods worth more than $540.
Staff called police, who stopped her as she tried to drive away. She had only recently been released from prison, the judge said.
While on bail for those charges, she committed the third offence at Taupo Countdown on May 28.
She filled a trolley with groceries then walked straight past the checkout operator without making any attempt to pay.
Staff called police, who arrested her.
Williams' lawyer Gisele Schweizer asked for leniency as Williams was the main carer for her 13-year-old daughter, who had health issues.
Judge Barry sentenced Williams to two months' jail on each of the three charges, to be served cumulatively.
Williams had 15 previous theft convictions, mainly for shoplifting, and had served 13 jail terms.
