Jellycat shoplift spree 'to spoil grandchildren'

A WOMAN who stole £440 of Jellycat soft toys told police she wanted them as gifts for her newborn grandchildren.

- Chris Riches

Linda Adams, 63, took up to 20 of the collectable stuffed animals in two shoplifting sprees after her two daughters had babies within eight days of each other.

Jobless Adams teamed up with her expartner Peter Allen, 65, to steal the toys from Waterstones stores in Southport and Birkenhead, Merseyside.

But they were arrested after CCTV captured them stuffing the Jellycats into bags on two consecutive days in May last year, Sefton Magistrates' Court heard.