Two sisters from Crawley have been sentenced to two and a half years in prison after a ten-month conspiracy to steal high-value perfumes and cosmetics from duty-free stores at London Gatwick Airport.
Georgina Epitropou, 42, and Laura Epitropou, 45, carried out their thefts between November 2021 and September 2022 by booking internal UK flights to access duty-free areas. The pair were caught on CCTV and later arrested while attempting to board a flight from Gatwick to Belfast.
Daniel Cummins from the Crown Prosecution Service added, “Despite claiming they were in debt, it was clear the sisters were funding lavish lifestyles, including cosmetic surgery, by selling stolen goods through online marketplaces.”
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