Woman faces jail for using kids as cover up to steal £4,000 worth of cuddly toys A woman is facing a possible jail sentence after using children as cover to help her steal Jellycat cuddly toys worth more than £4,000 in a series of shoplifting raids.
She stole toy Jellycat animals worth £1,600 from the store on July 20, followed by another haul worth £1,679 just weeks later and a third which netted her toys worth £512.
The Wroxham Barns gift shop at Hoveton, Norfolk, was also targeted twice, losing Jellycat toys worth £194 on August 6 and £136 on August 31.
Her arrest is the latest incident in a so-called "Jellycat crime wave" across the UK which has seen shoplifters target the soft fabric collectibles which cost from £14 up to £200 for giant dolls.
Miss Smith entered with children and stole items which she concealed in prams or handed to children, and left without paying.".
