Property developer accused of stealing champagne

A property developer denied stealing eight bottles of bubbly from Fortnum & Mason with the help of a teenage accomplice. Douglas Vallender, 52, allegedly swiped champagne from the famous Piccadilly department store in London’s West End on 1 May. The Cornwall based businessman, and the 17-year-old, who cannot be named, allegedly walked out with the bottles of bubbly worth £348 without paying. It is claimed they entered the upmarket store and between them smuggled out the box of champers before…