A 57-year-old woman thought to be one of Britain’s oldest female burglars has been sent back to jail following four decades of committing crimes.
Jacqueline Pinkney was jailed for four-and-a-half years at Lincoln Crown Court and was described by Judge John Pini QC as a “one-woman crime wave”.
Pinkney was locked up after the judge told her “the public needs a rest from you”.
Her latest string of offences came to the attention of police last summer when they connected a string of high-value burglaries in the Lincolnshire market town of Boston.
The court heard Pinkney burgled three houses in the Boston area during June and July, stealing thousands of pounds worth of jewellery, electrical items and documents.
The court heard Pinkney carried out her first house burglary back in 1971 and has continued committing raids on homes since then.
She had 51 previous court appearances for a total of 136 offences, including 23 convictions for burglary, starting when she was just 12 years old.
The Judge told her: “You are a persistent repeat offender. It is time the public were given a rest from your activties.”
