Kylie Christina Marriner (40) was arrested by police on December 2 in possession of a defibrillator she had stolen from outside a St Clair shop.
The Dunedin District Court heard yesterday that the $2000 device had been switched on but no damage had been done.
“That, of course, is there for the public in case of emergencies,” Judge Michael Turner said.
The incident came at the end of a torrid six months for Marriner, who originally came to the police’s attention six months earlier.
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