Judge brands woman with over 130 convictions a ‘borderline kleptomaniac' after committing 108th theft days after release from prison
Liam Cosgrove
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A judge has branded a woman with over 130 convictions a 'borderline Kleptomaniac' after she walked into a supermarket to commit her 108th theft offence just days after securing temporary release from prison.
Ruth Oburu (35) Lodge View, Cootehill, Cavan was sent back to prison by Judge Raymond Finnegan at a sitting of Monaghan District Court to begin a five month sentence for a shoplifting offence at Foy's SuperValu, Market Street, Cootehill, Cavan on April 27.
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