Two middle-aged mothers have been spared jail despite stealing thousands of pounds worth of clothes from Zara and having previous shoplifting convictions.
Joanna Braker, aged 46, and Tracey Lamb, 47, targeted the shop at Touchwood in Solihull on numerous occasions.
Both, from Leicestershire, have previous convictions for shoplifting as a judge expressed frustration the courts have 'tried everything' with them in the past but 'nothing had stopped' them from stealing.
Birmingham Crown Court heard mother-of-four Braker fell on hard times after losing her accommodation and ending up in an 'unsatisfactory' hotel.
While mother-of-two Lamb blamed the end of her relationship and diagnosis of Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
