A GREGGS shoplifter who targeted one branch six times a day swiped more than £2,000 in doughnuts and fizzy pop.
Tiffany O’Neill, 28, raided the bakery 67 times between April and August this year.
She was finally caught and admitted theft and drugs charges and was given bail, but failed to turn up to her sentencing hearing yesterday.
A warrant has been issued for her arrest.
Managers at the store in Croydon, South London, near to where O’Neill lives, had to introduce an anti-theft robotic pod which rang an alarm if snacks were being pilfered.
Sadiqul Islam, prosecuting, told Croydon magistrates’ court: “This defendant went to the Gregg’s store almost daily.”
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Her crimes came after she was let out of custody over a theft at a nearby Deichmann shoe shop.
Her spree beats the previous record holder, Adam “Hamster” Gosling, 39, who stole £1,817 over a six weeks this year.
The Sun’s Bake and Take campaign last year revealed that Greggs was being hit by thieves multiple times a day.
Our reporters saw thieves swiping goods from branches across the country, with staff unable to act.
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At one branch in Stockwell, South London, we saw at least one shoplifting raid an hour. In some locations, Greggs has scrapped self-service displays.
Our investigation prompted pledges from ministers to clamp down on shoplifting, which has risen 60 per cent in three years