A Kamloops woman who pleaded guilty earlier this year to defrauding an elderly man to pay for breast implants and a tummy tuck has received another jail sentence — this time for stealing precious stones from a Sahali store.
Brandie Bloor pleaded guilty to theft under $5,000 in Kamloops provincial court on Thursday.
The 39-year-old appeared in court by video from a women’s prison, where she is already serving a nine-month jail sentence for fraud.
Court heard Bloor walked into Best Beauty Buys in Sahali Mall on Nov. 22, 2014.
Crown prosecutor Chris Balison said Bloor waited for the 82-year-old clerk to become distracted with another customer before picking up 10 precious stones with a retail value of $2,500 and taking off.
“She [the clerk] called the mall maintenance man to assist,” Balison said.
“He followed her to a bathroom, but she [Bloor] eventually left the mall.”
Police identified Bloor using video surveillance. The stones were not recovered.
Kamloops provincial court Judge Stephen Harrison sentenced Bloor to 90 days in jail for the theft and put her on a year-long probation term with an order barring her from being within 30 metres of Sahali Mall.
She will also have to repay Best Beauty Buys $1,000 — the approximate wholesale value of the stones she stole.
Bloor is also on the hook for $17,000 — the amount she fraudulently obtained to pay for her cosmetic surgery last year.
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