Woman ordered to pay £169 following Scarborough town centre arrest
A Scarborough woman who failed to attend a hearing a York Magistrates’ court has been ordered to pay £169.
Officers arrested the woman on Westborough, Scarborough, on Tuesday June 23.


Officers sighted the woman, who was wanted for failing to attend York Magistrates following a theft from Marks and Spencer in York on May 26, whilst on dedicated foot patrol in the town centre.
Lauren Elizabeth Shimells, 30, of Newby, Scarborough, was arrested and following a brief visit to custody, was transferred to the Magistrates’ Court in York.
Pleading guilty to the theft, Shimells was fined £60, and ordered to pay costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £24.