Woman who burgled friend’s home has curfew lifted for her hen

A JUDGE waived a burgling bride-to-be’s curfew — so she can go on her hen night.

Nichola Crombie’s barrister also won a concession from Judge David Wood, sitting at Newcastle Crown Court, to allow her to stay out late on her wedding night on June 25.

The 31-year-old, from Rochdale Road, Red House, Sunderland, admitted her part in a break-in at her friend’s house in April last year, after her pal Lorraine Anderson, who is godmother to her three-year-old son, told her she was going away on holiday.

Anderson has since forgiven her friend for the break-in.

Judge Wood, sentencing, said: “It was a particularly mean and nasty offence because the owner of the property, Mrs Anderson, had told you she was going away and told you that she trusted you as a friend.

“You have allowed that information to get into the hands of others you knew were likely to make bad use of it.

“As a result of that there was a burglary and you got some of the benefit of that.”

The court heard a computer from Anderson’s house was found in a bedroom at Crombie’s home.

Judge Wood said: “What is exceptional about this is that your friend Lorraine Anderson has written to this court and asked that you should not be sent to prison and you have her to thank for that.”

He handed her a 12-month jail sentence, suspended for 18 months, and said she must keep to a 8pm to 7am curfew.

Jamie Adams, defending, asked the judge to lift the curfew for her wedding day on June 25, which was agreed.

The case was finished, when Adams returned to court asking the judge to lift the curfew for Crombie’s hen night tonight, which had been booked “for ages”.

Again the judge agreed. The court had already heard the case had affected Crombie’s wedding plans.

Adams said: “She and her partner are intending to marry on June 25. All of their intentions for the future have been very much on hold because these proceedings have been in the background.”