“Bonnie and Clyde” thief Donna Gellatly wept in the dock as she complained her home had been broken into while she was sitting in court waiting for her own case to be heard.
Gellatly was ordered to carry out a 12-month community payback order after she admitted a theft in a Perth restaurant.
The Crown had failed to present her English convictions, which were so lengthy they earned her and her former boyfriend the nickname of “Bonnie and Clyde”. As a result, Sheriff Lindsay Foulis could only take into account two Scottish convictions for theft, dating back to the 90s, when considering the appropriate sentence.
Gellatly (36), St Catherine’s Square, Perth, admitted stealing a purse and its contents from Sante on February 29 last year. She also admitted stealing aftershave from Debenhams in Perth on April 24 and failing to turn up for court on June 29.
The court heard that Gellatly is not in good health and has been on a drug reduction programme since 2008.
Defence solicitor David Holmes, defending, told Perth Sheriff Court: “She is at a time when she is trying to take herself away from her past.”
Gellatly and the father of her daughter were dubbed “Bonnie and Clyde” after racking up more than 60 convictions between them in a crime spree in London which culminated in a brutal stabbing.