Amazon driver's £2,500 court bill after stealing from Northampton warehouse

She’ll do 50 hours unpaid work while paying back what she owes for stolen goods
By Kevin Nicholls
Published 3rd Aug 2021, 13:51 BST
Updated 4th Aug 2021, 08:23 BST
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A delivery driver has been given more than two years to pay back over £2,500 to Amazon after stealing electrical goods from the online retailer’s Northampton logistics centre.

Northampton Magistrates Court heard how Ionela Stefanescu, aged 33, squirrelled away a huge haul of tech gear worth £2,598 from the Grange Park site.

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Stefanescu took smartphones, tablets, airpods, smart watches, hair straighteners and Ring door bells over a four-month period in the run-up to Christmas 2020.

Stefanescu took more than £2,500 worth of electrical goods destined for Amazon shoppers in the run-up to ChristmasStefanescu took more than £2,500 worth of electrical goods destined for Amazon shoppers in the run-up to Christmas
Stefanescu took more than £2,500 worth of electrical goods destined for Amazon shoppers in the run-up to Christmas

She was also handed a community order requiring him to carry out 50 hours unpaid work during the next 12 months and told to pay £170 in prosecution costs and a surcharge to fund victim services.

Stefanescu, of Ham Meadow Drive, was allowed to pay the massive court bill totalling £2,778 at £100 a month.