Granny with 79 convictions is jailed for shoplifting and fighting in city-centre stores

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Dionne White (50), who was also arrested for fighting in another store, had 79 previous convictions and appeared to have learned 'very little', a judge said.
A grandmother who hurled abuse at shop staff when caught stealing has been jailed for three months.
Dionne White (50), who was also arrested for fighting in another store, had 79 previous convictions and appeared to have learned 'very little', a judge said.
White pleaded guilty at Dublin District Court to charges of theft and threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour.
Garda Sergeant Niall Murphy told Judge Susan Fay the accused stole €21 worth of groceries from Centra on North King Street, Dublin 7 on April 2. When stopped, she became abusive to shop staff.
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On the same day, she was found in possession of a stolen camera worth €200 at Prince's Street beside the GPO on O'Connell Street.
She was arrested for fighting with another woman in Centra on Manor Street on May 31.
The court heard White, with a current address at Little Britain Street, Dublin, had a long-standing, three-decade narcotics problem. She came from a background of 'deprivation and poverty', her solicitor Paul Byrne said.
White was already in custody when she appeared in court.
Judge Fay said from the accused's history, 'it appears very little has been learned'. She imposed consecutive sentences of one and two months.