A married couple used stolen Tesco stamps to splurge £48,000 on shopping sprees and gift cards. The pair used the discount stamps to buy gift vouchers for sites including Amazon and Halfords, even purchasing Visa E cards to go towards a holiday to Corfu, Manchester Evening News reports.
Steven Plummer, from Bury, was employed at disposal company Weeshred when he realised that the supermarket giant had been throwing away cards with saver stamps stuck on.
The 50-year-old started picking up the cards to take home where he would steam off unused stickers to spend in store, Manchester Crown Court heard.The court was told that between the period of 7th June 2018 and 3rd September 2019, Steven had spent a total of £24,891.49 at various stores and between 31st July 2018 and 1st September 2019, partner Jamie-Lee had spent £23,135 - totalling £48,026.49.They also shared some of the gift cards with family and friends, who were unaware where how the gift cards had been purchased, and an additional total of £4,821 was spent.Steven had given some of the stamps to Jamie-Lee, who had had retired from work and suffered from various disabilities.
She spent the vouchers as an activity to ‘fill her day’, the court was told.Prosecuting, Ms Victoria Lewis said that the cards could be spent once they had reached their maximum number of stamps, worth £1 each.
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