Thief makes bizarre fake baby by drawing face on bra to steal from bargain shop

A teenage thief has been caught after creating a fake baby out of a bra cup in a bizarre attempt to steal from a discount shop.

Saffron Curtiss-McGinty planned to hide stolen goods in a child’s buggy — but was missing one key item: a baby.

Undeterred, the 18-year-old decided to dress a toy dog in a baby-grow and draw a face on a bra cup.

But staff at the B&M store in Stratford Road, Solihull, unsurprisingly became suspicious and stopped her.

The teenager then slapped the store manager across the face.

Curtiss-McGinty, of Conybere Road in Highgate, Birmingham, was found to have hidden scented candles, sweets and an electric toothbrush inside the buggy on January 27.

The teenager admitted two counts of shoplifting after CCTV footage showed her stealing from the same shop the day before, and one count of assault by beating at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

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Curtiss-McGinty was given a 12-month community order and ordered to pay compensation and court costs.

Solihull Police Chief Inspector Jack Hadley, said: “She won’t be winning any awards for her artwork, that’s for sure. I guess her baby portrait could be politely described as abstract.

“We have known thieves try to use a child’s buggy before to conceal stolen items, it’s a tactic police and retailers are well aware of, but I’ve never come across a case of anyone making their own child.”