Selfies of a British woman 'dripping in diamonds' lead to her arrest for theft

A erstwhile jewellery shop head successful nan United Kingdom was sentenced to 28 months successful situation aft posting selfies wearing stolen merchandise and sending them to her coworkers, Humberside Police said successful a statement.

Lucy Roberts, 39, often took jewellery location pinch her during nan twelvemonth she worked astatine a high-end shop, constabulary said, telling suspicious coworkers she "was conducting activity astatine location and sorting banal for nan workshop."

The constabulary connection does not sanction nan store.

It was only erstwhile Roberts discontinue and went connected vacation that her colleagues realised wherever nan jewellery went, nan connection says.

She began sending her erstwhile coworkers selfies from a cruise, decked retired successful items taken from nan shop.

"Without a attraction successful nan world, dripping successful diamonds, reasoning she had deceived everybody," Detective Sergeant Krista Wilkinson said successful nan constabulary news release.

Police recovered "thousands of pounds worthy of jewellery strewn astir successful boxes beneath nan furniture and successful cupboards," aft searching her home, nan connection says.

In total, Roberts stole much than $260,000 successful diamonds, gold, silver, "bespoke jewellery" and rate from her employer, according to Wilkinson.

CNN was not capable to find whether Roberts has ineligible representation.

Police said Roberts initially denied she had stolen immoderate banal from her employer, insisting she had borrowed immoderate of nan jewellery from a coworker and that they planted nan different items successful her bags, but she later entered a blameworthy plea for theft by an employee, receiving 28 months successful prison.

Roberts was arrested astatine London's Heathrow Airport, according to police.

They took her into custody aft uncovering her "wearing a important magnitude of stolen jewellery" pinch much pilfered merchandise successful her suitcase, according to nan statement.

Body camera footage from nan apprehension shows Roberts removing much jewellery arsenic she was escorted done Heathrow Airport … successful an effort to dispose of it," constabulary added.

The shop wherever Roberts formerly worked said it is "pleased to yet person closure connected nan matter aft respective years," according to nan news release.

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