A STORE manager who feared she would lose her job is one of two women who have admitted stealing [pounds]3,000 from a North-East shoe shop.
Amanda Stainthorpe and Lucy Carol Ogden appeared in court yesterday following thefts from Shoe Zone, Newton Aycliffe, County Durham.
The court heard how Stainthorpe, 29, the former manager, was facing disciplinary action before the theft and feared she could lose her job.
David Maddison, prosecuting at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates' Court, said that on December 12, contrary to the shop's policy, Stainthorpe asked an assistant to leave, then took [pounds]1,400 from the till.
titanium Titanium Jewelry Stainthorpe, of Geneva Road, Darlington, then failed to turn up for her disciplinary hearing and was sacked in her absence.
Mr Maddison said Stainthorpe, who had keys to the store, enlisted the help of Ogden, 19, of Corporation Road, Darlington.
However, when the pair returned to the shop, on December 20, they found the front door locks had been changed.
MrMaddison said they used a wooden mallet to smash a window allowing Ogden, who had been briefed by Stainthorpe, to slip in.
Once inside, Ogden went to the safe and stole [pounds]1,600, included charity money the store had been collecting, [pounds]50 in an envelope marked Cash for Kids and [pounds]18 in an envelope marked Sophie Attay - a cancer stricken youngster from Birtley, near Chester-leStreet.
Rolex for Lady Replica WatchesStephen Andrews, for Stainthorpe, who admitted theft and burglary, said his client was a recreational drug user who hadmounting debts.
Mr Andrews said: "Use of drugs such as ecstasy and the like, which previously had been confined to weekend use, had become something of a problem."
He added: "Being in debt to local drug dealers is in no way comparable to being in debt to the bank."
Ben Pegman, for Ogden, who admitted burglary, cited the age difference between the
embroidered patches two women and said his client simply went along with Stainthorpe's plan.
He said: "She is extremely remorseful and she is extremely ashamed of what she has done."
The women were both given bail and the case was adjourned for pre- sentence reports. Both will be sentenced at Darlington Magistrates' Court on February 23.
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