Woman caught on CCTV leaving store with over 300 Creme Eggs during shoplifting spree

3 Apr 2026 • 6:13 PM MYT
The Independent
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  • Leah Harding was captured on CCTV stealing 64 boxes of Cadbury's Creme Eggs, totalling hundreds of individual sweets, from the Barn Garden Centre on 13 February.
  • The footage, shared by Policing Peterborough, showed Harding leaving the premises with two trays of the Easter treats.
  • Harding later committed further thefts, including £300 worth of spirits from another garden centre and multiple instances of alcohol and cheese from a Co-op in Eye.
  • She was arrested on 18 March and subsequently admitted to five counts of theft from a shop.
  • On 27 March, Harding, 37, was jailed for 41 weeks and ordered to pay £882.26 in compensation.

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