article_snippet: so his mother could fund his mother craving for online shopping and betting machines has been jailed for 18 months.
article_snippet: Mr Hibbert, a delivery driver, condemned Mr Hibbert, a delivery driver former girlfriend as his former girlfriend was jailed for 18 months.
article_snippet: his mother had previous convictions for chequebook fraud and served a nine month prison sentence in 1993.
article_snippet: In mitigation defence lawyer Anthony Parkinson said Hughes had 'significant gambling issues' and said his mother habit began during a previous relationship as 'some sort of escapism from that daily life'.
article_snippet: This gambling problem has always been in his mother life and was the whole motivation.