Peterborough woman jailed for stealing £48k of Tesco cosmetics

PC Alice Crome, who led the investigation, said: “Curt spent months travelling around the UK and was very much on the radar by the time she was caught in Norfolk.

“Thanks to the vigilance of the security guard on the day and the work of Tesco in analysing CCTV and circulating her image we have been able to drill down into her offending not just in Norfolk but across the country and bring her to justice.”

Police said Curt admitted the majority of offences while working with the force’s Operation Converter team, which encourages offenders to own up to other crimes.

Duncan Etchells, from the team, described Curt’s offending as “eye-watering”.

“By travelling large distances between the stores Curt believed she could remain under the radar,” he said.

“Clearly this was not the case and Norfolk Police will continue to work with retailers to tackle retail theft and catch up with those who try to outfox us.”