Peterborough shoplifter who tried to take Ted Baker gift sets from Boots in Queensgate jailed

A shoplifter who was caught stealing from the same shop twice in one day has been jailed.

Clara Nemcova, 29, was arrested at Boots in Queensgate, Peterborough, on Sunday after police were called by security at the store.

Security intervened after she attempted to leave with five gift sets worth £78 and had also attempted to leave the store earlier in the day with nine Ted Baker sets worth £112.50.

Nemcova, of Mitchell Close, Peterborough, appeared at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on Monday where she was jailed for 18 weeks after admitting two counts of theft .

Her sentence included a previously suspended four-week sentence for common assault and possession of heroin.

PC Louise Ashworth, said: “Nemcova had given a second chance by the courts when she was handed a suspended sentence earlier this year, however she has shown she continues to disregard the law and will now be spending the rest of the year in prison.”