Overview

• S t Peter's Garden Centre in Worcester has secured its Jellycat range behind a cabinet after a fresh incident involving two women was captured on CCTV.
• Footage from the recent theft shows one woman bagging toys inside the store and passing them over a landscaping gate to an accomplice acting as a getaway driver.
• On June 7, Samantha Lawrence stole Jellycats from St Peter's and The Valley in Evesham, with a total value put to the court at £948.28.
• Lawrence, 38, pleaded guilty at Worcester Magistrates' Court on August 8 and was ordered to pay £657.79 to St Peter's and £292.49 to The Valley, alongside a £120 fine and £48 victim surcharge.
• Police said a search of Lawrence's home recovered stolen Jellycats, and she told officers she went to the stores intending to steal them.