A PROLIFIC shoplifter has been jailed thanks to work of Harlow’s Neighbourhood Policing Team.

Kayleigh Blunnie, 39, of Brockles Mead, Harlow was sentenced to a total of 15 months in prison at Huntingdon Magistrates’ Court on 18 August.

Work by our officers had identified she was responsible for thefts from shops in July and she was arrested and charged.

She had previously been given a series of suspended sentences in February for similar offences and the judge at her sentencing activated these so she is now in custody.

Inspector Leanne Archer, from the Harlow Neighbourhood Policing Team, said:

“We work to protect our hardworking businesses and deal with those who steal from them.

“We’ve seen a 10 percent fall in theft from shop offences with more than 100 fewer across the district in the last year.

“And we’re solving more of them too.

“We value our neighbourhoods so we will do everything we can to protect you, your property, and your livelihood.”