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Passing sentence the judge, Mr Recorder Edward Brown QC, told the mother-of-two: “You are a grown woman of 29 years and people have been trying to help you for a very long time.
“I take your point that recovery isn’t always instant and some people do relapse as you have done, but it has just got to stop.
“You have two children that you should have responsibility for and are quite capable of having responsibility for if you stop taking drugs.”
He added: “They deserve a mother and it could be a very rewarding role for you. I hope that the leopard can change its spots.
“You have also recognised that your behaviour in July was quite unacceptable.
“It must have been dreadful for those people to have you threaten them with hepatitis and the like.”
She was also given an 18-month supervision order.
From the dock, Francis said: “I am a big woman, it is about time I had my own place and took responsibility for my actions.”
She passed three drug tests while on remand and is taking methadone and medication to curb her need for alcohol.
The incident happened on July 8 in the Oxford Street branch of the chain store in central London.
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