Overview

• Mirica pleaded guilty to 18 counts of theft from Boots stores, stealing £119,318 worth of cosmetics and fragrances between December 2023 and May 2024.
• Prosecutors presented CCTV showing the female gang distracting staff and Mirica using a key to open locked cabinets across multiple London stores.
• Judge Sally-Ann Hales KC linked her to 111 suspected shoplifting incidents and dismissed her denial of gang involvement as “patently untrue.”
• None of the stolen goods have been recovered and retailers estimate shoplifting losses reached £2.2 billion nationwide last year.
• Her two older children have been sent back to Romania to live with relatives while she remains in custody.