Sisters went on £80,000 stealing spree from Gatwick Airport duty free

A brace of sisters person been jailed aft raiding Gatwick Airport’s work escaped for thousands of pounds worthy of items.

Georgina and Laura Epitropou, from Crawley, targeted work escaped stores astatine the airdrome implicit a play of 10 months, stuffing £80,000 pounds worthy of perfume and make-up successful bare suitcases.

To entree the stores astatine Gatwick airport, the brace required a summons to bypass information truthful they would bargain planetary flights earlier conducting their heists.

The elaborate strategy had initially begun with conscionable 1 sister, but arsenic it went on, the different joined.

While 1 sister distracted a subordinate of unit successful the store, the different would capable the bare suitcase with stolen items, Lewes Crown Court heard.

However, aft an probe into their crimes, Georgina, 42 and Laura, 45, were arrested.

Gatwick CID recovered the brace made 22 interior flights implicit the 10-month period.

Daniel Cummins from the Crown Prosecution Service said: ‘Despite claiming that they were successful indebtedness erstwhile they were arrested, it was wide that some sisters were surviving beyond their means and utilizing these thefts to money their lavish lifestyles, which included cosmetic surgery.

‘They were stealing to order, putting important readying into these thefts, deciding however galore items to instrumentality and adjacent lowering that fig aft Laura was arrested by Police Scotland with stolen goods successful her possession.

‘The women sold the stolen products astatine astir fractional the terms they retailed for, making thousands successful the process done online marketplaces and income to individuals.’

The brace were charged with conspiracy to bargain items, and older sister Laura was besides charged with acquiring transgression property.

The siblings some plead blameworthy to each charges, and were some sentenced to two-and-a-half years successful prison.

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