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This CCTV shows a brazen shoplifter pretending to be disabled stand up from her wheelchair to steal items from a store.

Leoni Clare, of Masser Road, Holbrooks, was wheeled into a branch of Marks and Spencer where she hid items under her coat.

Her deception and theft was caught on camera as she raided the store on the A45 last month, the Coventry Telegraph reports.

The theft was reminiscent of the characters Lou and Andy from TV sitcom Little Britain, where one of the characters pretends to be disabled only to suddenly leap up from their wheelchair when they think no one is looking.

The unemployed 28-year-old appeared at Coventry Magistrates' Court today where she pleaded guilty to shoplifting at M&S and a further charge of shoplifting at a pharmacy in Jubilee Crescent, Radford.

Magistrates sent her to prison for 14-weeks.

Investigating officer PC Michael Harkin said: “Clare is a prolific shoplifter and this offence was particularly distasteful.

"I hope the custodial sentence will give her time to contemplate the seriousness of what she has done.”

Clare’s accomplice still hasn’t been found.

If you can identify the man in the CCTV footage call police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.