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'UK's poshest thief' fined for stealing £1,000 worth of Le Creuset
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Pauline Al Said and her husband, Mark Wheatcroft , have been fined 2,500 between them.
The 35-year-old former criminology lecturer branded herself the country’s most upscale pilferer on her X account.
She was found guilty of two counts of theft and Wheatcroft was also convicted on one count of theft.
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