Overview
- Southampton Crown Court imposed a 44-week custodial sentence suspended for 18 months after a campaign of high-value shoplifting.
- The sentence includes rehabilitation activity days, 100 hours of unpaid work, and £1,800 in compensation to Sainsbury’s.
- Al Said is banned from all Sainsbury’s stores in England and Wales for 18 months under a court order.
- The seven thefts across 2024 and 2025 netted £11,964, largely premium alcohol concealed in trolleys under clothing, with one incident at Waitrose.
- Prosecutors and the judge said the goods were sold to fund a drug addiction, and coverage notes her prior notoriety and rebrand as life coach Pauline Tusien.