‘Underlying dishonesty’, not alcohol, the reason for woman’s thefts

Updated February 16 2017 - 10:49am, first published 9:59am
DISHONESTY: A woman was reprimanded for shoplifting. FILE PHOTO
DISHONESTY: A woman was reprimanded for shoplifting. FILE PHOTO

Magistrate Bruce Williams told a woman who was brought before him in Orange Local Court on Monday that alcohol was no excuse for shoplifting and she stole because she was dishonest not because she was drunk.

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