A Shropshire woman and two men have avoided jail after they attempted to sell designer saddles to a master saddler hours after they had been stolen from a country estate.
The 13 saddles, worth more than £13,000, had been stolen in the middle of the night from stables at Mawley House in Cleobury Mortimer three years ago, a court heard.
The court was told that the saddles were taken from Mawley estate on May 6, when CCTV cameras recorded a white Renault pulling up around 2.30am and three individuals getting out and breaking into the stables. “He told them that he did and two males and one female attended the store an hour later," said Ms Carrier."Bethan told the saddler they had obtained the saddles after clearing out her grandfather's barn following his death.
The court heard that under interview, while Collin denied being involved in the burglary she admitted knowing the saddles"were dodgy". The judge said:"There was a burglary in the middle of the night by a group of individuals using a Renault Clio car belonging to you, Ms Collin."Within hours that stolen property came into your possession and pretty quickly there was an expedition following a phone call designed to dispose very quickly this very valuable property.
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