Hunt for women who stole trolley full of shopping from Tesco

4:19pm Friday 26th October 2012 in News Photograph of the Author By Chris Yandell, Chief Reporter, New Forest

Hunt for women who stole trolley full of shopping from Tesco Hunt for women who stole trolley full of shopping from Tesco

POLICE are hunting two women after groceries worth £350 were stolen from a Hampshire supermarket.

Officers have released CCTV images of the women police want to track down.

A woman distracted a security guard at the Tesco store in Sizer Way, Dibden, while her accomplice left the building with a trolley full of goods that had had not been paid for.

The women with the trolley was white, about 5ft, aged between 40 and 65 years, plump, with long dark hair pulled back into a pony tail.

Her accomplice was in her teens or early twenties, slim, with long black hair. She was wearing black leggings, a white T-shirt and a silver-coloured cardigan.

Ring PC Heather Barrow at Hythe police station on 101 or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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Ginger_cyclist says...
4:40pm Fri 26 Oct 12

Why would someone steal that much food from tesco? I mean what the hell?

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Georgem says...
4:47pm Fri 26 Oct 12

Ginger_cyclist wrote:
Why would someone steal that much food from tesco? I mean what the hell?
To avoid paying for it, maybe? Seriously, why do you even need to ask? It's not like there's some ceiling on how much it's "ok" to steal from Tesco, is there?

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bigal007 says...
4:52pm Fri 26 Oct 12

the pic is not that good

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The Music Man says...
4:52pm Fri 26 Oct 12

I'm sure I recognise one of them from the TV. Gyspy Weddings I think it was called...

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The Music Man says...
4:53pm Fri 26 Oct 12

The Music Man wrote:
I'm sure I recognise one of them from the TV. Gyspy Weddings I think it was called...
Gypsy even....

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Mavis Barlow says...
4:55pm Fri 26 Oct 12

How do they know it's £350 worth of goods if it didn't go through the till? I guess Tesco did a full stock-take following the theft.

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Ginger_cyclist says...
4:58pm Fri 26 Oct 12

Georgem wrote:
Ginger_cyclist wrote:
Why would someone steal that much food from tesco? I mean what the hell?
To avoid paying for it, maybe? Seriously, why do you even need to ask? It's not like there's some ceiling on how much it's "ok" to steal from Tesco, is there?
No but i can't see 2 people eating that much in a hurry, maybe they were having a party, who knows but seriously, they must be pretty gutsy to steal from tesco and so poor after buying their designer clothes and stuff.

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mummsie says...
5:07pm Fri 26 Oct 12

Looks like she needs to go on a diet and food should be the last thing on her mind! JJB Sports would of been a better place in her condition!

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Lone Ranger. says...
5:12pm Fri 26 Oct 12

Ginger_cyclist wrote:
Georgem wrote:
Ginger_cyclist wrote:
Why would someone steal that much food from tesco? I mean what the hell?
To avoid paying for it, maybe? Seriously, why do you even need to ask? It's not like there's some ceiling on how much it's "ok" to steal from Tesco, is there?
No but i can't see 2 people eating that much in a hurry, maybe they were having a party, who knows but seriously, they must be pretty gutsy to steal from tesco and so poor after buying their designer clothes and stuff.
Maybe there was alcohol in the trolly.
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Or 350 Arctic rolls ......... who knows .. who cares.
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Perhaps it was £50 and Tesco say its £350

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Roy S says...
5:14pm Fri 26 Oct 12

Tescos need to update their security camera system. If their stock is that valueable then an upgrade would soon pay for itself.

The two women were white, but what accent did the one use to distract the security guard

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Ginger_cyclist says...
5:15pm Fri 26 Oct 12

Lone Ranger. wrote:
Ginger_cyclist wrote:
Georgem wrote:
Ginger_cyclist wrote:
Why would someone steal that much food from tesco? I mean what the hell?
To avoid paying for it, maybe? Seriously, why do you even need to ask? It's not like there's some ceiling on how much it's "ok" to steal from Tesco, is there?
No but i can't see 2 people eating that much in a hurry, maybe they were having a party, who knows but seriously, they must be pretty gutsy to steal from tesco and so poor after buying their designer clothes and stuff.
Maybe there was alcohol in the trolly.
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Or 350 Arctic rolls ......... who knows .. who cares.
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Perhaps it was £50 and Tesco say its £350
To be honest, looking at the provided pictures, it wouldn't surprise me if the trolly was full of alcohol.

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Huffter says...
5:18pm Fri 26 Oct 12

Mavis Barlow wrote:
How do they know it's £350 worth of goods if it didn't go through the till? I guess Tesco did a full stock-take following the theft.
Probably scanned through a self-service checkout - it can take a while for staff to react and realise that such a checkout is not working because it has a large unpaid bill left on it. Ultimately, of course, everyone who shops at Tesco picks up the bill.

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Linesman says...
5:20pm Fri 26 Oct 12

Bit of a deprived area.

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PaddyDucks says...
6:13pm Fri 26 Oct 12

Trollied
Tis Gavin n Julie in drag!

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bazzeroz says...
6:53pm Fri 26 Oct 12

Don't forget the quid in the trolley!

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bazzeroz says...
6:53pm Fri 26 Oct 12

Ads a new meaning to 'Tesco Express'

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Dave of Dibden says...
7:04pm Fri 26 Oct 12

bazzeroz wrote:
Don't forget the quid in the trolley!
Trolley fee at Dibden

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espanuel says...
7:10pm Fri 26 Oct 12

Try Netley view or home farm Marchwood. They must be poor to nick from Tesco should have gone to Waitrose for a better selection and more edible.

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Turtlebay says...
7:16pm Fri 26 Oct 12

Considering the poor quality of the pics on this article, and also the one of the man who stole £6 from a teenager at a station, what's the point of allowing CCTV?

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Snob07 says...
7:35pm Fri 26 Oct 12

1st, the trolleys at Tesco, Dibden, do not need £1, 2nd, I've lived on Netley View for 10 years and have never had any problem, in fact they are probably the nicest people you could meet, 3rd the trolleys can not go beyond certain points in the car park so why did security not stop them? They must have had a car and by the looks of the trolley it would have taken a fair amount of time to fill their car boot!,,,

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chunky_lover says...
7:47pm Fri 26 Oct 12

The working classes, bless em :-)

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mickey01 says...
7:52pm Fri 26 Oct 12

the **** s are in town just look for the 4 x 4 s

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wake up says...
8:20pm Fri 26 Oct 12

I am sure they were contestants on SUPERMARKET SWEEP , they'd been practicing the trolley dash, i take it there was no beep during this supermarket sweep.lol

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flatoutchilled says...
10:31pm Fri 26 Oct 12

Try Sholing Valley, Kane's Hill and Netley View.

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bazzeroz says...
10:34pm Fri 26 Oct 12

flatoutchilled wrote:
Try Sholing Valley, Kane's Hill and Netley View.
Bit of a long way from Dibden, Hythe.

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CazzB says...
11:43pm Fri 26 Oct 12

Just because Netleyview is a council estate it does not mean we are all thieves.It is more likely to be someone who does not live in the immediate surrounding areas as they are less likely to be recognised!!

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boobooj says...
12:14am Sat 27 Oct 12

mummsie wrote:
Looks like she needs to go on a diet and food should be the last thing on her mind! JJB Sports would of been a better place in her condition!
Yeah because JJB Sports' clientele aren't 90% tracksuit clad chavs, instead of super slim exercise nuts, right?

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Andy_Germany says...
8:13am Sat 27 Oct 12

Snob07 wrote:
1st, the trolleys at Tesco, Dibden, do not need £1, 2nd, I've lived on Netley View for 10 years and have never had any problem, in fact they are probably the nicest people you could meet, 3rd the trolleys can not go beyond certain points in the car park so why did security not stop them? They must have had a car and by the looks of the trolley it would have taken a fair amount of time to fill their car boot!,,,
Agreed Snob07, I lived in the waterside are, specifically Netley View, for 20 years, before joining the army. It was never any better or worse than any other area around Southampton. Instead of taking the p1ss, maybe we should be trying to help catch them. As someone else said, we all end up paying for thieving.

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CazzB says...
9:10am Sat 27 Oct 12

Apparently the trolley never left Tesco as the woman was stopped by the security guard,manager and under manager it was only the woman who managed to wriggle out of the security guards grasp and run away. So that's how they know how much shopping was in the trolley.Once again the Echo's report is misleading.

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ohec says...
12:53pm Sat 27 Oct 12

Has it not occurred to anybody that the quality of the original video could be a lot better than that produced by the Echo, if they want to catch the two women they should offer a relatively small reward i am sure somebody out there would be quite happy to spill the BEANS for a £100.

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A-concerned-Mum says...
1:02pm Sat 27 Oct 12

Why Kaneshill out of interest? It's a school not an area. And if you are inferring that people who live on council estates are all criminals then you are very very wrong. Just because there is a few bad apples in the barrel, doesn't mean the whole bunch are! Some of us are hard working and honest!

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electrolux says...
3:14pm Sat 27 Oct 12

Why can't Tesco just let it go? I'm sure they will manage just fine.. they have contributed towards a society where the low paid have to resort to crime to get by.. they will spend more than £350 to catch these 2 and its us the taxpayer who ultimately pays for court cases, prison sentences and its the lawyers who ultimately just get richer and richer..

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forest hump says...
5:45pm Sat 27 Oct 12

On the same day someone broke into Ladbrokes and lost a tenner!

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Huffter says...
7:39pm Sat 27 Oct 12

electrolux wrote:
Why can't Tesco just let it go? I'm sure they will manage just fine.. they have contributed towards a society where the low paid have to resort to crime to get by.. they will spend more than £350 to catch these 2 and its us the taxpayer who ultimately pays for court cases, prison sentences and its the lawyers who ultimately just get richer and richer..
Nobody HAS to resort to crime to get by.

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Nicole23 says...
3:24pm Mon 29 Oct 12

Sack the security guard then, it's his fault. Take it from his wages.

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