Selfies of lady "dripping in diamonds" on cruise led to her arrest for jewellery theft, police say

[ad_1] A girl in the UK has been sentenced to twenty-eight months in jail for jewellery theft, after selfies that confirmed her "dripping in diamonds" on a cruise tipped off a felony investigation, police stated.

Lucy Roberts, 39, was convicted of stealing greater than £124,000 value of bijou and money from a luxurious retailer that she beforehand managed, according to Humberside Police in northeastern England, the place the scheme happened. The haul included diamonds, gold and silver items, with the whole worth of stolen objects equating to round $170,000.

Lucy Roberts Humberside Police

Police stated Roberts acquired the expensive equipment throughout her tenure on the jewellery store, when she would take objects dwelling together with her and inform suspicious colleagues that she was simply "sorting inventory" for the shop at her residence.

Roberts left her job on the retailer after a yr as its supervisor, police stated. Then, from a cruise ship, she despatched selfies to her former coworkers that pictured her sporting luxurious jewels, which workers didn't consider she'd bought.

"With out a care on the planet, dripping in diamonds, pondering she had deceived all people, Roberts arrogantly posed on social media and despatched photos boasting to her ex-colleagues concerning the nice time she was having on vacation, not pondering they might realise what she had been doing," stated Sgt. Krista Wilkinson, a detective with Humberside Police, in a press release.

A police investigation discovered that Roberts had falsified inventory stock and made fraudulent returns to the shop, prompting a search of her dwelling the place some stolen jewellery was discovered. Greater than 260 objects have been found "strewn round in bins beneath the mattress and in cabinets," Humberside Police stated.

Officers arrested Roberts at Heathrow Airport in London when she returned from the cruise. In response to police, she was sporting stolen jewels, and extra have been present in her suitcase. They stated body-worn digital camera footage confirmed Roberts on the airport trying to take away and get rid of her jewellery.

Roberts denied the theft allegations, in line with police.

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