Shoplifting duo warned that their liberty is 'at risk'

Katarzyna Grzegorek (36), with an address at Upper Prices Street, and Joanna Sejbuk (34), with an address at Kincora, each admitted eight counts of shoplifting and a charge of obstructing police, when they appeared at Ballymena Magistrates Court.

They admitted stealing goods worth a total value of more than 700 from eight different stores in the town’s two shopping centres.

The duo will be sentenced on May 13, after pres-sentence probation reports were ordered.

On that date, they will also face further charges of shoplifting and going equipped for theft. Grzegorek also faces a further charge of possessing an air rifle without a certificate.

District Judge Des Perry warned: “There is a possibility of their liberty being at risk.”