Moment UK's 'most prolific shoplifting couple' steal Irish Cream liqueur at Aldi
One of the country's most prolific shoplifting couples has been jailed after their latest spree saw them grab hundreds of pounds worth of booze and hair straighteners from two major stores.
Lovers Scott McSpadden and Tanya Momot - who are already banned from entering shops together - have convictions for more than 60 thefts between them. Their latest ruse saw McSpadden, 39, scuttle into a branch of Aldi while girlfriend Momot, 31, kept a lookout outside.
McSpadden picked up four bottles of Irish Country Cream Liqueur worth £19.96 and headed towards the entrance doors, with Momot opening them from the outside to allow her partner to make a swift exit. Video footage from inside the store in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, shows McSpadden peering sideways as he enters, while she hangs around outside, peering in.
A member of staff then runs after them - to no avail. The following day, the pair entered B&M in the nearby Cromwell Retail Park and loaded carrier bags with nine Elle hair straighteners, ten Elle heated hairbrush sets and eight fruity bath fizzers worth a total of £197.71. They would no doubt have continued their spree but were disturbed by a member of staff, managing to run out of the shop.
Scott McSpadden (Cambridgeshire Police/TriangleNews)
Tanya Momot (Cambridgeshire Police/TriangleNews)The couple, who have a combined total of 120 criminal offences against their names, are both already subject to Criminal Behaviour Orders (CBOs). McSpadden was previously wanted for the theft of 15 packs of cheese from a branch of Aldi and earlier this year both were jailed for stealing three Ted Baker sets and one Soap and Glory set, worth a total of £52.50, in under a minute from Boots in Wisbech.
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Momot is banned from entering the pedestrianised area of the Horsefair Shopping Centre in Wisbech until June 6 2024, while McSpadden is banned from the Horsefair Shopping Centre and entering any shopping store at the same time as Momot until September 19, 2025. The pair, who were both arrested on Monday December 18, appeared at Cambridge Magistrates' Court where McSpadden, of no fixed address, was jailed for 28 weeks after admitting two counts of theft from a shop and breaching a CBO.
McSpadden caught on camera stealing booze from the branch of Aldi (Cambridgeshire Police/TriangleNews)Momot, of Lynn Road, Wisbech, was jailed for 16 weeks after admitting theft from a shop and aiding theft from a shop. Both had additional conditions made to their existing CBOs banning them from the Cromwell Retail Park. PC Sam Buswell, who investigated for Cambridgeshire Police, said: "The local Neighbourhood Policing Team secured a CBO against McSpadden in September this year following repeated offending and issues being caused for retailers in the town, while Momot has had one in place for over a year.
"Both have repeatedly shown no regard for the law or the court orders imposed on them, and will now be spending their Christmas period in prison."
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