Two women plead guilty to stealing haul of meat, cheese and makeup in Portsmouth

Two women have pleaded guilty to shoplifting after being caught with a huge haul of meat and makeup.

Poppy Cadman and Amy Mihell admitted their crimes at Portsmouth Magistrates Court on Friday (September 25). They pleaded guilty to swiping £362.90 worth of meat and cheese from the Sainsbury’s fridges in Palmerston Road, Southsea, on July 5.

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They then proceeded to steal £1,615.67 worth of makeup from Superdrug in West Street, Havant. Portsmouth Police said in a social media statement that officers from the dedicated Retail Crime Team in Havant conducted the investigation.

Cadman, 33, of Kingston Road, North End, and Mihell, 35, of Gunwharf Quays, pleaded guilty to theft from a shop.

They’re scheduled to be sentenced on October 28.