A PAIR of shoplifters with links to Northwich have both been re-sentenced after they failed to comply with the probation service.

Toni-Ann Philpin and Stephen Timms, who now both reside on Brook Street in Chester, failed to comply with community orders made at Tameside Magistrates Court on October 11 last year.

They had been made the subject of those orders after 31-year-old Philpin and Timms were caught stealing plumbing items worth almost £400 from B&Q in Crewe on September 9 last year.

However, Philpin was back in the dock at Chester Magistrates Court on Friday, March 4, after missing two appointments with probation officers in December.

She was re-sentenced for the original offence and will now be subject of an order for the next 12 months. As part of that, she will receive treatment for drug dependency as a non-resident for the four months.

Fellow shoplifter Timms, aged 31, also missed appointments in December and was re-sentenced for the B&Q theft and another offence dating back to June last year.

He had stolen various items worth a total of £158.94 from Waitrose in Northwich on June 17. 

His new community order will also be in place for 12 months, with Timms required to complete 25 days of rehabilitation.