A woman who served a prison sentence for stealing from a lone female householder has admitted similar crimes committed against another vulnerable victim.
Ashleigh Glass received a two-year jail term at Durham Crown Court in 2018, when, as a mobile hairdresser, she burgled the home of a long-standing customer in Seaham, who had previously offered her help and support when she was suffering hard times.
Glass appeared back at court, via video link from Low Newton Women’s Prison in Durham, for a plea hearing in her latest case, facing an 11-count indictment.
The 34-year-old defendant of Hill Crescent, Murton, admitted all the charges, two each of burglary and theft, plus seven of fraud.
Both burglaries occurred at an address in Marlborough, Seaham, on separate dates last month, with each incident involving the theft of debit cards.
Each of the theft offences involved the taking of property, including jewellery, money and a bank card from the same victim, on dates in June and July, while the fraud charges relate to the use of her stolen bank and debit cards to make contactless payments for items at shops and a withdrawal of cash from an atm.
Jordan Parkinson, for the defendant, asked if a Probation Service report prepared for the April court hearing could be updated to outline her progress on supervision.
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Recorder Andrew Dallas agreed to seek the updated report on Glass by the Probation Service, but he also asked prosecuting counsel Chris Baker to seek a victim personal statement from the woman who the defendant stole from and burgled in the latest spate of offending, in June and July.
Mr Baker said consideration would also be made as to the imposition of a restraining order to prohibit future contact or approaches by Glass.
The defendant was remanded to remain in custody pending the sentence hearing, on October 2.
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