A 20-STONE mother of three could achieve orgasm only through
shoplifting, a court was told yesterday.
Julie Amiri, 35, gained sexual satisfaction from being chased by
police officers.
Uniforms, police interviews, flashing blue lights and sirens all
turned her on, psychologist Dr Neil Brener told Chichester Crown Court
in West Sussex.
Amiri's bizarre obsession drove her to embark on shoplifting
expeditions merely to gain attention and sexual gratification, said Dr
Brener.
The disorder came to light when she was arrested after a police car
chase following thefts from British Home Stores and Marks and Spencer in
Worthing, West Sussex, said Mr Nicholas Hall, prosecuting.
''She says that this is the way she gets her orgasms.''
But he claimed Amiri had invented the obsession in order to excuse her
thieving.
Amiri, of Staines, Middlesex, told the court: ''I had my first orgasm
in the back of a police car, aged 28 years. After that I was around the
shops every day.''
Dr Brener told the court that Amiri suffered from pathological
shoplifting -- a rare but genuine disorder. He said Amiri had attended
his groups at London's Charing Cross Hospital to try to cope with the
obsession.
Amiri had pled not guilty to two charges of theft from Marks and
Spencer and British Homes Stores last year.
Judge Michael Baker fined her #100 for each of the thefts.
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