Julie Chaplin, 38, stormed into the Admiral of the Humber and demanded money from her mother (Picture: MEN Media)
A woman who was ‘desperate for money’ shamelessly robbed her own mother in a pub.
Julie Chaplin, 38, demanded money from her mother shortly past midnight on October 6 last year after storming into the Admiral of the Humber – a Wetherspoon pub in Hull.
Benjamin Donnell, prosecuting, told Hull Crown Court it was previously agreed that Chaplin’s mother would look after her daughter’s benefit money and give her cash payments withdrawn from her account.
The mother had given Chaplin £200 on October 5, but later that day Chaplin turned up and asked for more money, claiming she had spent it on a party.
Her mother gave her £60 in cash as that’s what she had on her, and intended to withdraw the amount later to pay herself back.
But Chaplin then went to the pub later several times to demand more money.
The mother said she did not want to go to the cash machine at night in the dark.
Chaplin was jailed for 16 months at Hull Crown Court (Picture: MEN Media)
Mr Donnell added: ‘The defendant came in one last time and told her that she was going to take her bag.
‘The defendant went to grab her handbag strap and started to pull on it. The mother tried to resist and lean in the other direction to stop her taking her bag.’
Chaplin pulled the bag hard which caused her mother to fall to the ground and let go of it.
‘The defendant ran away with it [the bag],’ Mr Donnell added.
The bag contained a purse with £300 to £400 cash in it, a bank card, bus pass, mobile phone and house keys.
The mother later told police: ‘I am shocked – shocked that my daughter could do something like that to me.
‘I was crying at the time of the incident and it takes a lot to upset me. I am worried that she will turn up again, ask me for money and cause issues.’
She was left with a large bruise to her arm following the incident.
Chaplin was arrested but told police she could not remember anything and answered ‘no comment’ to questions in interview.
Chaplin went to the pub several times to demand more money from her mother (Picture: MEN Media)
The daughter, who was homeless at the time of the offence and is a mother herself, admitted robbery.
Stephen Robinson, mitigating, said: ‘It was a disgraceful act by the defendant, notwithstanding her problems at the time, and the defendant appreciates that. She is sorry and hopes for a future relationship with her mother.
‘She realises that she will have to take things delicately and she has got a lot to make up for her actions.
‘She is, despite her difficulties, hopeful for the future. The defendant has the best of intentions.’
Her last offence was in 2013 and she had previously taken drugs.
She was jailed for 16 months but as Chaplin had been kept in custody since the offence, was due to be released within two weeks.
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Her remaining time in custody would be used to try to find her somewhere to live.
Recorder Felicity Davies said: ‘I don’t want to minimise the very considerable upset that you caused to your own mother.
‘It’s crucial for your future that you have accommodation to go to on your release, as an absolute minimum.
‘You need assistance to get a bank account and you need some oversight to help you keep off drugs and too much alcohol.
‘You will have to take responsibility for trying to avoid drugs and too much alcohol.’
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Julie Chaplin, 38, stormed into the Admiral of the Humber and demanded money from her mother.