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Thief with no money for food targeted power tools at B&Q
Sunderland Echo
|November 12, 2025
A serial thief with no money for food after a benefits blunder tried to get cash by stealing goods from retailer B&Q, a court heard.
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Lacey Robson, 51, targeted the firm's Sunderland city branch on Friday, October 17, and made off with a £199 Karcher K3 pressure washer.
Robson, of Exeter Street, Millfield, returned the next day to steal a Makita cordless hammer drill, valued at £105, prosecutor Holly Clegg said.
This story is from the November 12, 2025 edition of Sunderland Echo.
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