CCTV footage captures the moment a repeat shoplifter tried to evade arrest after stealing from an M&S store in Kent. Andrea Berquez, 41, is seen running from the supermarket in Tunbridge Wells and ignoring a plainclothes police officer who attempted to stop her.
The repeat offender is then seen fleeing the store and running towards her parked Audi. A plainclothes police officer tried to stop her as she left the car park but she failed to stop, according to Kent Police.
Police Pursuit and Arrest
CCTV then shows him pursuing her on foot and attempting to stop her a second time, but she drove away again. Patrols in vehicles were alerted and her car was spotted and followed.
Bodycam footage then shows Berquez, from Tonbridge, being arrested as an officer yells "get out the car". She was charged with five counts of theft from a shop between April 25 and May 15.
Court Sentence
Berquez pleaded guilty and was sentenced at Maidstone Magistrates' Court on September 14 to a two-year conditional discharge order.
A spokesperson from Kent Police said: "Officers will continue to work tirelessly to pursue and catch offenders who steal."
The incident occurred on May 15, when Berquez entered the supermarket and was captured on CCTV grabbing something from the fruit and veg aisle and stuffing it in her bag.
