A HEROIN addict who went on a £1,600 spending spree after a drunk student gave her his debit card on a night out was jailed.

Siobhan Webb, 26, of Monnow Way, Bettws, admitted taking the card and using it after she befriended the man on Halloween last year.

Cardiff Crown Court was told that Webb and her accomplice, Kyle Johnson, 27, also of Monnow Way, had been given the card and pin number by the man they met in Cardiff and used it to withdraw £570 in just 32 minutes on October 31.

The following day, they took a trip into Newport city centre and shelled out a further £1,107.30 on clothes, shoes and games consoles in 56 minutes.

Police officers identified them on CCTV on November 5.

Six days later, a warrant was executed where Nike and Adidas shoes were recovered along with a PlayStation 4.

Prosecuting, David Pinnell said Webb had told police the victim had freely given up his card on Halloween because he was planning to cancel it the day afterwards.

The court heard the man has tried to get their spending refunded, but his bank has refused.

Webb, who appeared at the court via a video link from Eastwood Park Prison, was also sentenced for affray after she held an umbrella up to a man who had given her money as she begged for a train fare in Cardiff.

The court heard the man had given her £10 for a ticket on November 4, but confronted her at Newport station when he suspected she had money before she took his.

Defending Webb, Ruth Smith said she has been showing a willingness to comply with court orders and to stop using heroin, an attitude lacking in the past.

Judge DJ Hale ordered Webb to repay £200 of the £1,677.30, the amount for an Xbox, which will be given back to the victim after it was bought by Webb and Johnson with his card.

And he said of the eight counts of fraud: “This was deliberately dishonest. You are addicted to drugs and probably alcohol.

“This was persistent and it’s cost [the man] an awful lot of money. He cannot afford that any more than you would [be able to].

“You did not plead guilty straight away, but you have however done really well in prison. Everyone wants you to come out and do the good work that you have started.

“I know it’s not a nice place to be, but sometimes it is better than walking around the wet streets of Cardiff. Try to take advantage of it.”

He sentenced Webb to 14 months in prison for the frauds and three months for affray at the train station. Those sentences will run concurrently.

Johnson, who admitted his part in the fraud, will also be sentenced next month pending an assessment into his drug use.