A lady who stole over $165,000 value of diamonds, silver, and gold from a jewellery store she managed has been jailed for over two years after she despatched selfies carrying her stolen haul.
On Friday, June 20, Lucy Roberts, 39, of Swanland, East Yorkshire., was jailed for 28 months after pleading responsible to theft by worker at Grimsby Crown Court docket.
Humberside Police mentioned workers on the luxurious jewellery store she managed, Daniella Draper in Beverley, grew to become suspicious after Roberts began to take jewellery house together with her.
The thief advised colleagues she was simply working from house and sorting inventory for the store’s workshop.
She handed in her discover to the store after working there for a yr and jetted off on a cruise.
Her colleagues grew to become extra suspicious when she began to ship selfies the place she was carrying luxurious jewellery they knew she hadn’t bought.
Police had been contacted and investigations discovered that Roberts had made a number of fraudulent return transactions and falsified inventory takes.
A search of her bed room discovered hundreds of kilos value of bijou strewn round in containers beneath her mattress and in cabinets.
Police intercepted her on her return at Heathrow Airport, the place she was discovered ‘carrying a considerable quantity’ of stolen jewellery, with extra present in her suitcase.
Later, detectives reviewed police physique digicam footage of Roberts as she was escorted by way of the airport and noticed she had been eradicating jewellery in an try and eliminate it.
At police interview, Roberts denied the allegations of theft and mentioned she’d borrowed jewellery from one in every of her ex colleagues and mentioned the remainder of the jewellery had been planted in her suitcase.
Humberside Police’s detective sergeant Krista Wilkinson mentioned: “Roberts was an entrusted member of the store, answerable for managing the shop and while working on the jewelers over the course of yr stole an estimated $169,882 value of bijou and money.
“From her bed room 269 objects value a complete worth of $147,113 had been recovered and when arrested on the airport, Roberts was carrying roughly $1,383 of stolen objects, as effectively 22 objects $18,912 value of bijou was positioned in her suitcase.
“With no care on this planet, dripping in diamonds, considering she had deceived everyone, Roberts arrogantly posed on social media and despatched photos boasting to her ex-colleagues concerning the nice time she was having on vacation, not considering they’d understand what she had been doing.
“From the pictures she despatched colleagues you would clearly see the excessive worth and distinctive items that she was carrying which she had not bought while working for the shop.
“While the corporate might promote luxurious merchandise, they’re nonetheless enterprise who depend on clients and gross sales to have the ability to proceed to function and contribute to the group.
“I’m happy she is now behind bars and I hope it can give her ample time to consider the crime she dedicated and the way it has impacted not solely the corporate, however the colleagues who thought of her a buddy and who had been betrayed by her in such a trusted function.”
Talking on courtroom conclusion, Daniella Draper jewelers mentioned: “We’re happy to lastly have closure on the matter after a number of years.
“We stay extremely grateful to Humberside Police Pressure and our staff, who on the time of the investigation, labored tirelessly and diligently to result in this consequence and for justice to be achieved.”
