An elderly woman shook with fear as she faced Southport Magistrates Court today for stealing almost $400 worth of children’s clothes from a Gold Coast Best & Less. Raewyn Alice Jane Brammer claimed she had taken the clothes to help her daughter, who was escaping a domestic violence situation. Brammer, aged in her 70s, pleaded guilty to a single count of stealing. It was the first time in her life she had been before the courts. Brammer only spoke once in court to quietly say she wished to plead guilty. A handwritten letter of apology from Brammer was also tendered to the court. Magistrate Kay Philipson convicted Brammer but imposed no further punishment.
