A career thief who preyed on elderly and vulnerable shoppers in supermarkets has been jailed for more than four years.
Sharon Rooney, who has 45 previous convictions, swiped purses from older women while they were shopping, including some who used mobility scooters and walking aids and had disabilities, Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court heard.
Among her 14 victims was an 81-year-old woman recovering from bowel cancer who told the court how she was targeted while shopping in a branch of Aldi in Rochdale.
