Thief stole charity collection tin which was raising money for hospice
A THIEF who stole a charity tin from a shop has been ordered to pay compensation.
Abbi Maple admitted two charges of theft from a woman and from a shop in Shoreham.
The 32-year-old took £50 from the Sugar and Spice health shop in East Street, which would have gone to St Barnabas House hospice. She also took £55 from the woman.
Maple, of Ham Road, Shoreham, was given a 24-week suspended prison sentence at Crawley Magistrates’ Court.
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