Arrest warrants issued for two Jellycat thieves

Desmond Milligan · August 19

A Jellycat pastry-shaped soft toys display.

Arrest warrants have been issued for two women who did not show up at court for sentencing after they stole Jellycat toys worth thousands of pounds.

Warrants without bail were issued for Sarah Jordan, 35, of no fixed abode, and Amber Clarke, 24, of Nine Elms, south-west London, after they failed to appear at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.

Clarke had previously pleaded guilty to 16 counts of theft from shops in south and south-west London, including the theft of nearly £4,500 worth of Jellycat soft toys.

Jordan was due to be sentenced for eight counts of theft in Kingston upon Thames and Wimbledon between December 2024 to May 2025.

Jordan's convictions include six counts of theft where she was said to have stolen numerous Jellycats valued at a total of £1,716.57.

Clarke's thefts also included "a number of soft toys" to the value of £100 from a Waterstones in Lambeth and grocery and laundry items from other locations.

She also pleaded guilty to a charge of obstructing or resisting a constable in the execution of their duty, assault by beating, failure to surrender for a previous hearing at the same court and assaulting an emergency worker.

Jordan also stole food and clothing and failed to surrender for a previous hearing at the same court.

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