Kelly Anne Moore, 52, facing jail time after pleading guilty to multiple theft charges from shoplifting

A northern suburbs woman faces jail time after shoplifting on multiple occasions including stealing an over $300 trolley load of items from Woolworths.

A northern suburbs woman faces jail time after pleading guilty to shoplifting on multiple occasions.

Kelly Anne Moore, 52, faced the Elizabeth Magistrates Court on Monday where she pleaded guilty to three charges of dishonestly taking property without consent.

Prosecutor Sergeant Battersby said Moore had entered into a good behaviour bond on July 30 2020, which was set to run for two years, with two months in prison.

He said since then Moore was charged after an incident on February 23, 2021 where she stole $318.65 worth of items from Woolworths Parabanks.

“A security guard said he saw Ms Moore secrete various items in a shopping bag inside her trolley,” Sgt Battersby said.

“He saw her leave through the checkout, paid for a bread roll but didn’t declare any of the others.

“She’s left the trolley and ran off but came back when she realised her purse was inside the trolley.”

Kelly Anne Moore, 52, who pleaded guilty to multiple counts of theft. Picture Jason Katsaras

He said the next occasion where Moore left a supermarket without paying was on July 27 that year.

“A store manager at Drakes Golden Grove said that Ms Moore came into the store and was packing an unusual amount,” Sgt. Battersby said.

“He saw her pick up the food items and place it in her coat pockets.

“Obviously, our concern is that the penalties seem to be ramping up the offending behaviour doesn’t cease.”

Aaron Fornarino, for Moore, said she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder and also kleptomania which involves repetitive acts of theft.

“We would submit that given Miss Moore’s psychiatric history, that there are good grounds to excuse the breach,” Mr Fornarino said.

“We would submit that her mental health is relevant to the breaches of offences.”

Magistrate Paul Bennett said ordinarily a breached bond would see the automatic serving of a suspended sentence.

“If a court finds that there are no proper grounds and the bond is cancelled, the sentence must be served, but there’s still discretion in court to find special circumstances from when the bond was imposed.

Moore will face court again in April.