Overview
- Jade Cobden, 32, was sentenced at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court after pleading guilty to two dwelling burglaries in Bucknall and Bentilee.
- During the June 28 break-in on Christine Street, the occupier found she had used the washing machine, drunk from a mug and may have slept in a bed and used a toothbrush.
- At the July 2 incident on Dividy Road, she appeared spaced out, laughed at the victim's son and items including candles, tobacco, food and alcohol were taken.
- The court heard she has 31 previous convictions for 77 offences, and the judge described her as a professional and habitual thief.
- Mitigation cited homelessness and Class A drug addiction, noting a reduced methadone dose in custody and the loss of contact with her children placed for compulsory adoption.