A glam couple travelled the world and splashed out on designer garments with cash they made raiding gymnasium lockers.
Ashley Singh, 39, and girlfriend Sophie Bruyea, 20, boasted about their lavish life on social media following a year-long spree. The pair from Bromley focused gyms in London and the southeast the place they stole from 18 folks, maxing out victims’ bank cards and stealing cell phone SIM playing cards. They raked in a staggering £250,000 in stolen money.
The pair, who lived collectively, then jetted off to high-profile locations together with Dubai, Paris, Croatia and the Amalfi Coast. In a photograph posted to Facebook, the couple had been pictured locking lips at an airport.
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The snap confirmed Bruyea carrying a a £2,500 Dior purse and a Louis Vuitton roll-on suitcase value £2,570 and, whereas her beau was decked out all in gear by the French designer.
In addition to their designer wares and lavish holidays, the pair additionally bought what seems to be a Pomeranian canine, which may value as a lot as £2,000. Bruyea took to TikTookay to point out off her life as a “dog mum” the place she confirmed her two pooches mendacity on Ralph Lauren pillows and Gucci scarves.
They additionally repeatedly dined at unique eating places equivalent to A-lister favorite Sexy Fish in London. They even visited Dubai’s Aura Skypool, which prices as much as £100 simply to enter with a minimal spend of £214 on food and drinks.
Police finally grew suspicious of their on-line actions and sounded the alarm. Investigators then tracked the {couples} properties, automobiles and faces on CCTV and uncovered their crimes.
Singh and Bruyea had been arrested at Gatwick Airport as they flew dwelling from Paris in January 2023. The pair had introduced with them about £1,700 of designer objects from a purchasing spree within the French capital.
They had been each convicted at Croydon Crown Court this week of conspiracy to commit fraud by false illustration between January 2022 and January 2023. Singh was jailed for 3 years.
(Image: Met police)
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He was beforehand jailed for related offences in 2019 and was initially handed a six-and-a-half yr sentence. However, he ended up serving simply half of that earlier than being launched.
Following information of his sentence, one of many victims instructed The Sun: “This is far too light a sentence for someone who is clearly a career criminal.
“I used to be anticipating he’d get at the very least 5 years, given his historical past. I don’t assume this newest sentence goes to discourage him – that is simply what he does.”
Bruyea was handed a 20-month sentence at a young offenders’ institution, suspended for two years. She has also been instructed to undertake 120 hours of unpaid work and to complete a rehabilitation programme.
Detective Constable Luis Da Silva, from the Met’s economic crime team, said: “It’s a horrible crime and it causes quite a lot of stress, ache and monetary loss. That’s why we take this crime critically and an entire staff of us had been dedicated to catching Singh and Bruyea.”
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