She was jailed for six months suspended for two years at Norwich Magistrates’ Court in December after she admitted targeting three Norfolk garden centres a total of seven times in three months last year - making off with Jellycats worth over £4,000.
Lell, who received a refund from her bank for the £50 after official manufacturers Jellycat London confirmed Luxx Collective was not a licensed seller, said it was worrying that fake toys, which may not have been subjected to rigorous safety testing could end up with babies and children.
“It’s why I'm very wary of buying Jellycats second-hand because there are plenty of fakes, some better than others and unfortunately they can cost over the odds of what the real item would have cost in the first place as the second-hand market for jellies is huge and people pay three, four, five times the retail price of these.
Charlie Groves, 46, who owns Groves Nurseries in Bridport, Dorset, told in December how he saw a woman stuffing Jellycats worth £400 into a pram carrying a child when he checked his CCTV.
In a separate case, Robert Thornton, 42, was jailed for 21 months at Teeside Crown Court in August last year for a series of thefts including a raid on an independent art shop in Darlington where he smashed a window with a sledgehammer and escaped with nine Jellycats.
