
Vanessa Feltz 3pm - 6pm
17 August 2023, 22:28
A pregnant porn star has been spared jail after using a pram to shoplift bottles of alcohol in order to fund her cocaine habit.
Roma Lawson, 34, appeared in Canterbury Crown Court charged with shoplifting offences after going on a five-week shoplifting spree earlier this year.
The expectant mother was caught smuggling bottles of spirits - including more than a dozen bottles of vodka - from supermarket Tesco.
Her spree also including face wipes, pet food and diamond rings, from including Tesco, Aldi and Sainsbury's.
Prosecutor Ben Wild said: "On some occasions she used an empty pram, sometimes she used a bag for life.
"Sometimes she appears to have been working with other people to carry out the offences."
Lawson, of Herne Bay, Kent, was even found to have stolen a £2,500 14-carat diamond ring - swapping the piece of jewellery out with a budget fake at a local pawnbrokers. She admitted six counts of shoplifting.
In mitigation, her lawyer Ian Bond said: "The spate of shoplifting is over a five-week period.
"She had been living with her partner, she fell pregnant and shortly thereafter her partner was remanded in custody and then her mother’s health took a turn for the worse."
The adult film star, who goes under the name Romana Ryder, had previously appeared in court after she bit a police officer after fleeing from officers.
Initially spared jail by the judge, she was instead handed a further four months on top of her existing eight month suspended prison sentence.
Sentencing, recorder Mr Fowler said: "You have now got a 12-month sentence hanging over you for the next two years.
"Put a foot wrong and as sure as night follows day, you will go to prison."