Newport mother and daughter caught shoplifting (From South Wales Argus)

'A moment of madness which lasted several days'. Am I the only one who thinks that's contradictory? Presumably they were starving due to Tory cuts and had decided to eat a Nintendo and a pair of boots. Hilarious.

A mum at 14. Says it all really.

Strange how a moment of madness can extend to a week. They both developed a moment of madness at the same time. as well

No real punshiment for them neither. Should have been fined double what they stole so that is about £200 plus give them both 6 months community service

Yeah, having a kid at 14 is pretty wild!
I can only think the older one had an awful upbringing and wanted to have a drinking partner when she got older!?
This is no excuse and they'll probably get a little telling off and leave it at that.

What was the point in prosecuting ? No punishment or deterant from doing this again ! When I read headline intial thought was young immature poor struggling to make ends meet stealing food then you read article and Nintendo Ds and a pair of boots ! Professionals no doubt these two will be in front of the courts a few more times before any justice is dished out playing the system oh and a moment of madness that lasted a week that made me laugh out loud.

If things were so bad and had no money then surely they should be pinching bread, veg & meat not DS's!!!! Bet they still have money for fags & sat TV in their tax payer subsidised home.

Don't forget Jeremy Kyle!!

Floppy backed wrote:
If things were so bad and had no money then surely they should be pinching bread, veg & meat not DS's!!!! Bet they still have money for fags & sat TV in their tax payer subsidised home.

Perhaps there were double Clubcard points on Nintendos that week.

No offence to previous comments but can i make a point here about stereotyping people , yes she had a baby at 14 that doesnt mean she therefore will become a delinquent who likes to steal cause general havoc and ignore the rules of the law, Her mother chose to steal because she was obviously greedy and unwilling like the rest of us to actually work for things and obviously her daughter went along the same sort of lines , this has nothing to do what so ever with age of parentage ( written by someone who also had a child at 14 but who also has a full time job and is married not claiming off tax payers money)

unfortunately this woman is scum, granted not all people who have a child so young are stinkers and im glad you (ms brazel) have a job and by the sounds of it are a decent person. But there is far too many people like this woman in the world. she should lose her benefit, which im sure shes spending on things like food and not pjs, fags and faux ugg boots.

claire brazel wrote:
No offence to previous comments but can i make a point here about stereotyping people , yes she had a baby at 14 that doesnt mean she therefore will become a delinquent who likes to steal cause general havoc and ignore the rules of the law, Her mother chose to steal because she was obviously greedy and unwilling like the rest of us to actually work for things and obviously her daughter went along the same sort of lines , this has nothing to do what so ever with age of parentage ( written by someone who also had a child at 14 but who also has a full time job and is married not claiming off tax payers money)

14 and having a kid, social hand outs, a house when 18, = chavy for life........

Meandog wrote:

Floppy backed wrote:
If things were so bad and had no money then surely they should be pinching bread, veg & meat not DS's!!!! Bet they still have money for fags & sat TV in their tax payer subsidised home.

Perhaps there were double Clubcard points on Nintendos that week.

Perhaps it would be better to steal something of value, sell it and then buy food.

smokintheweed wrote:

Meandog wrote:

Floppy backed wrote:
If things were so bad and had no money then surely they should be pinching bread, veg & meat not DS's!!!! Bet they still have money for fags & sat TV in their tax payer subsidised home.

Perhaps there were double Clubcard points on Nintendos that week.

Perhaps it would be better to steal something of value, sell it and then buy food.

Yeah but given the unlikelihood of successfully fencing a £25 pair of Asda boots in a given size, the 'thieving free-loader' argument has a tad more mileage don't you think? It's a fair assumption that these two don't work (and have no intention of either) so stopping their benefits seems the best plan to me.

Llanmartinangel wrote:

smokintheweed wrote:

Meandog wrote:

Floppy backed wrote:
If things were so bad and had no money then surely they should be pinching bread, veg & meat not DS's!!!! Bet they still have money for fags & sat TV in their tax payer subsidised home.

Perhaps there were double Clubcard points on Nintendos that week.

Perhaps it would be better to steal something of value, sell it and then buy food.

Yeah but given the unlikelihood of successfully fencing a £25 pair of Asda boots in a given size, the 'thieving free-loader' argument has a tad more mileage don't you think? It's a fair assumption that these two don't work (and have no intention of either) so stopping their benefits seems the best plan to me.

"Floppy backed wrote:
If things were so bad and had no money then surely they should be pinching bread, veg & meat not DS's!!!!"

I merely commented that if you wished to steal to feed yourself then stealing high value non-food goods and selling them less frequently would carry a lower risk of getting caught than having to steal food on a daily basis. With that in mind Floppy backed comment was in my opinion misguided.

As for your comment, meh.....

Pregnant at 14 and whoever the Father was would be on the sex offenders register... The UK has the highest teen Pregnancy rate in Europe and some Argus posters are proud of this fact!!! Words fail me...

The same hypocrites here where probably lamenting old 'Jimmy Fix it' and his BBC Chums...

Its just a non Argus story to animilise the Leftie's who always seem suicidal.. Same with that Fingers he was a lovely kid who had 397 moments of Madness

claire brazel wrote:
No offence to previous comments but can i make a point here about stereotyping people , yes she had a baby at 14 that doesnt mean she therefore will become a delinquent who likes to steal cause general havoc and ignore the rules of the law, Her mother chose to steal because she was obviously greedy and unwilling like the rest of us to actually work for things and obviously her daughter went along the same sort of lines , this has nothing to do what so ever with age of parentage ( written by someone who also had a child at 14 but who also has a full time job and is married not claiming off tax payers money)

I am afraid you are incorrect. The statistic clearly show that childreen from one parent famillies are far more likely to get invovlved in crime and are far more likely to be unemployed and far more likely to abuse alcohol. Girld from single parent families are also likely to become unmarraied mothers themseves. The link is very clear.

What a lovely family they must be, no doubt they will spend the rest of there lives with there hands out for us suckers to give them bread and water ,and of course a roof over there head. having a child happens ,and does not make you a bad person, but it just sums up some peoples lives, no job ,dont want a job and will take out of the system without ever putting ant thing in. And how dare they darken the good name of broadmead park, Hope they learn there lesson with the harsh punishment they got from our fine justice system.,,,

Bobevans wrote:

claire brazel wrote:
No offence to previous comments but can i make a point here about stereotyping people , yes she had a baby at 14 that doesnt mean she therefore will become a delinquent who likes to steal cause general havoc and ignore the rules of the law, Her mother chose to steal because she was obviously greedy and unwilling like the rest of us to actually work for things and obviously her daughter went along the same sort of lines , this has nothing to do what so ever with age of parentage ( written by someone who also had a child at 14 but who also has a full time job and is married not claiming off tax payers money)

I am afraid you are incorrect. The statistic clearly show that childreen from one parent famillies are far more likely to get invovlved in crime and are far more likely to be unemployed and far more likely to abuse alcohol. Girld from single parent families are also likely to become unmarraied mothers themseves. The link is very clear.

I am a single parent and my children are not involved in crime, don't abuse alcohol and are doing quite well thank you.

Its only a case of an ageing feral resident teaching her feral youth how to go up in the world!