A WOMAN with two masters degrees wrote up a “shoplifting list” when she targeted stores in Wrexham.

Now Lisa Tudor Williams has been banned from all Morrisons and Asda stores in England and Wales for a year after she admitted a series of thefts when she appeared at North East Wales Magistrates’ Court.

The mother-of-two was caught stealing meat, alcohol and razor blades to sell on so she could buy food.

She used foil to conceal security tags so they would not trigger store alarms and District Judge Gwyn Jones said that her offences had “professional hallmarks” and had passed the custodial threshold.

But he also noted: “She is a professional, but she is not particularly good at it”.

The judge agreed to suspend the 20-week prison sentence he imposed for a year so that Tudor Williams could get help for her problems.

She was challenged in Asda’s Wrexham store leaving with three joints of meat worth £43.45 in a bag on January 29 this year.

At Morrisons in Wrexham on April 15 she tried to make off without paying with four bottles of whisky, gin and razor blades worth together £200.

Prosecutor Rhian Jackson said: “She was in possession of foil which she placed over the security tags so she could avoid detection.

“She had a list on her person of goods she wanted including steak and gammon.”

All the stolen goods were recovered, but Tudor Williams carried on her thieving when she visited Morrisons, again, on Tuesday this week, July 16.

She took foil with her again to wrap around the tags and lifted bottles of Glenmorangie whisky and Smith’s gin and placed them in a trolley.

When she was apprehended she said she intended to sell the bottles for £10 each.

Tudor Williams, 42, of Wrexham Road, Abermorddu, pleaded guilty to three charges of theft and two of failing to surrender at the magistrates’ court on May 17 and May 30.

She also admitted she was in breach of two conditional discharges which had been imposed for previous offences of theft.

The court heard she had 17 previous convictions, 13 of which were for theft.

Probation officer Pamela Roberts said there was a financial background to the case as the defendant’s benefits were sanctioned between May and July after she failed to attend appointments.

“She wanted to sell the items to pay for food and pay her bills. She is remorseful, it is part of an established pattern of offending behaviour,” said Ms Roberts.

“She has completed two masters degrees, but she hasn’t been working since 2016. There are some issues of drug misuse and there has been a diagnosis of anxiety.

“Her lifestyle is somewhat chaotic.”

Tudor Williams’ solicitor, Bethan Jones, said: “There is something far more going on here.”

In addition to the suspended sentence, the district judge told Tudor Williams to complete 15 rehabilitation activity days and pay court costs of £100 and a victim surcharge of £115.