Couple stole £30,000 worth of shopping from Tesco stores across country

A thieving couple stole tens of thousands of pounds worth of shopping from Tesco stores across England.

Marian Oprescu, who was joined by his partner Alexandra Radu on a number of occasions, targeted dozens of stores between February and August this year in 11 different counties.

The couple made off with booze, makeup, laundry detergent, beauty products and printer ink worth £31,000 in total. They would remove security tags from goods before walking out without paying.

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In just one day on July 24, Oprescu stole almost £10,000 of products from three Tesco stores – in Northallerton, North Yorks., and two in Stockton-on-Tees.

He also stole £7,000 worth of printer ink at a Tesco store in Northumbria on March 20 and on August 15 they stole around £3,000 worth of goods from two Tesco stores in Mansfield.

They were caught following an investigation by Nottinghamshire Police, after a string of thefts at Tesco Extra in Jubilee Way South, Mansfield.

Officers discovered they also targeted Tesco’s in Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, Northumberland, Staffordshire, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Derbyshire, Cambridgeshire, Yorkshire and County Durham.

They were finally caught when police tracked them down to their home in Scunthorpe, North Lincs., on September 6. There officers searched the home and found the huge haul of stolen good.

Oprescu, 27, admitted 27 shop thefts worth approximately £25,000, when he appeared at Nottingham Crown Court.

Meanwhile Radu, 24, pleaded guilty to seven shop thefts worth around