Thief ‘faked’ pregnancy in bid to avoid jail

A thief who avoided jail by lying to court about being pregnant has been jailed for five months for perverting the course of justice.

Lisa Philips, 37, originally received a suspended sentence for stealing £14,700 (€18,700) from her aunt after the judge heard she was seven-months’ pregnant.

The mother-of-one from Eskdale Place, Newton Aycliffe, Co Durham, England had told the custody sergeant when she was arrested in June last year she was 13 weeks’ pregnant.