2025-07-21
'Deplorable' thief with 191 priors gets 6.5 years
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Passing sentence today, Judge Orla Crowe made reference to what she felt were the two more serious offences committed by Craig, including the theft of the handbag from a mother who was tending to her baby in the neonatal ward, and the theft of the American tourist's bag. She imposed consecutive sentences totalling seven-and-a-half years before she suspended the final 12 months of that term on strict conditions including that Craig engage with the Probation Service for 18 months following her release from prison.