Paisley Daily Express from Paisley, Strathclyde, Scotland • 1

No 36834 SATURDAY NOVEMBER 7 1992 Blaze: Woman accused HEROIN ADDICT USED OAP CASH Six months for woman fraudster who stole cash and goods A WOMAN appeared in private on petition at Paisley Sheriff Court accused of setting fire to her former council house Miss Jessie McLauchlan 25 who now stays at Crossmill Avenue Barrhead was alleged to have wilfully caused the blaze at 10 Don Drive Foxbar in June to the danger of her neighbours Defence solicitor Gordon Ritchie said later that no plea or declaration was made and that McLauchan was granted bail PAISLEY man James Robertson 32 appeared in private at Paisley Sheriff Court accused of stealing 20 cars from Edinburgh Dumbarton Glasgow and other places over a 10-month period Robertson of Esk Way made no plea or declaration and was granted bail Express Reporter A WOMAN drug addict cashed a allowance to feed her habit Ashleigh Ferguson 20 spent the money on heroin after stealing the allowance book from the changing rooms at Johnstone Baths This week she was jailed for six months at Paisley Sheriff Court after admitting stealing goods and money from shops as well as fraud offences Depute fiscal Miss Shona Bowie said that Ferguson was arrested after being they have to survive on each The sheriff said that Ferguson continued to commit offences within weeks of being given bail by the courts and that she had shown no signs of wanting to alter her lifestyle She had failed to continue receiving help from the Renfrew drug resource unit conduct has caused great hardship and inconvenience to Sheriff Higgins added Ferguson who had sat with a air of confidence in the dock looked shocked and near to tears as she was led in handcuffs from the court Linwood father was involved in a serious offence when she was 16 years old and that had an effect on he said left home and went to live in Blackpool but she fell in with bad company and became a heroin addict is an articulate and intelligent young woman but she has this serious addiction problem which makes her resort to minor thefts which causes inconvenience to Sheriff Colin Higgins told Ferguson: cashed this pension book for £59 four weeks in a row To some people that is not a lot of money but to others it what caught shop lifting and later she was again arrested for the Post Office fraud offence cashing the pension book when police were given her description Miss Bowie said that the handbag containing the allowance book had been stolen from Johnstone Baths Ferguson cashed the allowance every week for a month at a sub-post office Defence solicitor Jonathan Manson said that Ferguson sometimes lived with her mother in Quarry Street Johnstone or at the Golden Pheasant Hotel WEATHER Generally dry and bright with any rain in the north Woman bound and robbed BE FOOLED! 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