A 23-year-old mother of two who stole and then sold nearly $10,000 worth of her grandmother's jewellery has appeared in Magistrates' Court.Aeisha Place, of St George's, initially reported a burglary of her grandmother's residence on Winton Hill Lane, Hamilton Parish, but her nervous behaviour gave her away to police, according to Crown counsel Carrington Mahoney.Appearing before magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo, Place admitted the May 13 offence, and pleaded guilty to making a false report to police on May 22.The court heard that Place, described as a single mother of two and unemployed, told police she was “in desperate need of cash”, and had taken the jewellery to cash-for-gold stores in Hamilton.The total value of the rings, pendants, earrings and gold chains taken from the safe was said to be $9,819. At the time, Place had been staying in the home while her grandmother was away on holiday. Not at of the items were recovered.Mr Tokunbo ordered a social inquiry report on Place, of Barrack Close, who must return to court for trial on July 26.She was granted bail of $5,000, with a surety to the same amount.