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Designer handbag thief Jayne Rand to pay back £117,000 | |
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A woman jailed for stealing 905 designer handbags has been ordered to pay back the £117,000 she made selling them on eBay. | |
Jayne Rand, 48, from Swindon, carried out a nationwide "campaign of shoplifting" and took handbags and purses worth up to £135,000. | Jayne Rand, 48, from Swindon, carried out a nationwide "campaign of shoplifting" and took handbags and purses worth up to £135,000. |
She was eventually caught at a shopping centre in Cwmbran, Torfaen. | She was eventually caught at a shopping centre in Cwmbran, Torfaen. |
Cardiff Crown Court heard she must pay the money back within six months or face further jail time. | |
Police said they believe Rand could be Britain's biggest designer-label handbag thief - stealing almost one a day over three years. | |
She sold the bags on online auction site eBay from her home in Wiltshire to customers all over Britain, the court was told. | |
But her offending was brought to an end by two security workers at a House of Fraser outlet in Cwmbran. | |
Rand stole bags with a total retail value of £135,000 and the loss to the shops she took from was more than £80,000, the court was told. | |
She was jailed for 18 months in October after she admitted stealing 905 handbags and four purses between December 2009 and December 2012. | |
She also admitted converting criminal assets from 838 handbags. | |
The court heard Rand started stealing after the property business she ran with her husband got into financial difficulty. | |
Her family had no idea she was out shoplifting designer handbags. |
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