Wolverhampton fraudster swapped price tags on bread with printer cartridges
A mother swapped reduced price barcodes from loaves of bread with those on printer cartridges – conning a Black Country supermarket out of more than £100, a court heard.
Jayde Wilson removed the 99p stickers from the bread that was nearing the end of its shelf life and stuck them to three cartridges worth between £30 and £36. She paid for the items using a self-service scanner and then walked out of Morrisons in Bilston. However, the 20-year-old, of Cemetery Road, Willenhall, was caught moments later by security staff.
The total loss to the Black Country Route store was £103.
Wilson, who has a two-year-old daughter, had racked up £8,000 of debt in recent years, Wolverhampton magistrates heard.
She was also suffering from "severe" depression and Asperger's Syndrome, said Mr Tim Gascoyne, defending.
He told the court yesterday: "She is in a better place now than she was when she was originally arrested, but she has a number of difficult issues."
He said she owed around £8,000 to loan companies and that her mother suffered with bipolar disorder.
Mr Tom Bramall, prosecuting, said: "She went into the store and she took the reduced price barcodes from bread, which was being sold for 99p, and put them on three ink cartridges and some cooked ham. She then went through the self-service checkout and walked off but was stopped soon after."
Wilson admitted fraud by false representation. She had previously denied the charge but changed her plea before the trial was due to start. The case was adjourned.
