TOO SEVERE: A woman who was sentenced to four months in jail for stealing $23 worth of food has been released following a severity appeal. FILE PHOTO
A woman who was sentenced to four months in jail for stealing $23.10 worth of food from an Orange shopping centre on June 21, had her appeal upheld and sentenced reduced in Orange District Court.
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Leanne Maree Ostini, 20, of Wahratta Way, was to spend from June 22 to October 21 behind bars but Judge Robyn Tupman reduced the sentence to a six-month good behaviour bond earlier this month.
Judge Tupman also took into account the 63 days Ostini spent in custody for the crime.