Haley Bower News Today

A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1922.

Targeted: The B&M store in Whitehaven where Winn and Bower went shoplifting A DEBT-STRICKEN west Cumbrian mum who took her son on a "professional shoplifting expedition" has been sentenced by a crown court judge. But Recorder Simon Killeen drew back from imposing any fine or prosecution costs on 42-year-old Ashley Winn after her defence barrister outlined how she had been left with £3,500 in rent arrears after leaving a former partner. Winn was also looking after her severely autistic 20...

Debt-laden mum took son on “professional shoplifting expedition” to B&M in Whitehaven Carlisle Crown Court A court has heard how a debt-laden mum was caught red-handed on a “professional shopping expedition” while out with her son and a child. Ashley Winn, 42, and a partner-in-crime, 33-year-old Haley Bower, were seen on CCTV by a security guard as they pilfered products from the B&M Bargains outlet in Whitehaven on April 29 last year. Winn’s son and female child were w...