Sticky fingered Toowoomba duty manager cops fine for shop steal
A court heard a Toowoomba woman stole a number of Nike duffel bags from a Grand Central store because she had “dipped out” following the breakdown of a relationship.
Police & Courts
Don't miss out on the headlines from Police & Courts. Followed categories will be added to My News.
When police asked a Toowoomba woman why she stole $390 worth of Nike duffel bags, the 29-year-old said she had “dipped out”.
Kathryn Lea Barnett fronted the Toowoomba Magistrates Court on April 17 and pleaded guilty to one count of stealing, after police prosecution dropped one charge of entering a premise to commit a crime.
The duty manager of a Toowoomba establishment instructed her solicitor that when she stole the bags from a Grand Central Shopping Centre store, she was struggling with her mental health following a break-up in November.
The court heard just before 9pm on December 14, 2023, staff at Rebel Sport noticed their CCTV detected an intruder in a storeroom nicking several Nike duffel bags.
When police questioned Barnett at her home on January 3, the court heard she told them she committed the crime because she was off her medication and had “dipped out”.
The 29-year-old hospitality worker told the officers she disposed of the bags.
Barnett’s criminal history was tabled to court, which primarily consisted of drug offences, and one charge of dealing with unauthorised shop goods from 2020.
The court heard Barnett had since gotten her life and health back on track, and recently received a promotion at work.
Barnett was fined $200 and ordered to pay $360 in compensation.
No conviction was recorded.
Servos, car owners robbed at knifepoint
Toowoomba police have made an arrest after a number of community members were threatened at knifepoint at the weekend while a young man allegedly went on a crime spree across the city.
Meat worker facing possible deportation after stalking woman
He refused to accept a relationship and made repeated attempts to contact the woman before breaking into her home, threatening to kill her, and posting her personal information to Facebook falsely saying she was new a prostitute in town.
Apprentice threw stake at old woman, broke man’s spine in vile attacks
A Sunshine Coast apprentice has been sentenced for attacks that included eye gouging, leaving a Toowoomba man with a fractured spine and throwing a wooden stake at a woman.
‘Extreme brutality’: Truckie sentenced to life for murder
A regional Queensland truck driver who mowed down a man with his car in broad daylight on the Toowoomba range has been sentenced for the murder of beloved Brisbane father Paul Sia.
‘Heard gunshots, then sirens’: Mystery deepens after property lockdown
Neighbours have described what they heard before police swarmed a rural Qld property and eerie recent history has emerged despite limited information coming from authorities. LATEST.
Woman lures man to park with promise of sex before robbing him
Jordyn Maree Skrinjar has been jailed for six years for her role in a wild crime spree that included robbing a man at knifepoint after offering him sex for cash, and holding up a hotel at gunpoint.