Another let-off for woman who nicked minister’s laptop

A thief who swiped a minister’s laptop as he chatted to a colleague in a Westminster pub has escaped jail. Roberta Richardson, 48, grabbed the computer and house keys belonging to Stuart Andrew, who is a minister in the Department for Digital Culture, Media and Sport. The MP for Pudsey in West Yorkshire was in the Red Lion – a favourite watering hole for MPs when Richardson sneaked behind him – when he was targeted by the thief. Prosecutor Gregor…