A thief who avoided prison by lying to court about being pregnant, later showing suspicious probation staff photos of a child she claimed was her baby, has been jailed for five months for perverting the course of justice.
Lisa Philips, 37, originally received a suspended sentence for stealing £14,700 from her aunt after the judge heard she was seven months pregnant.
The mother-of-one had told the custody sergeant when she was arrested in June last year she was 13 weeks pregnant.
She maintained the lie when she was due to be sentenced in October last year and in later meetings with the Probation Service, Teesside Crown Court heard.
Suspicions were raised among Probation Service staff after her due date had passed and she showed them pictures of a child she claimed to be her baby.
Judge Peter Armstrong, who originally handed out the suspended sentence for theft, said an immediate jail sentence was required.
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