Optician shop worker stole designer sunglasses to pay off student debt

An opticians shop assistant who stole more than £30,000 of designer sunglasses to pay off her student debt was spared jail after a judge took her pregnancy into account. Andrea Yates, 30, helped herself to hundreds of pairs of Chanel, Prada and Ray-Ban shades while working at the London Wall branch of David Clulow Opticians. She then sold the high-end stock, worth at least £31,220, on eBay at knock-down prices. The Old Bailey heard Yates had quit studying to become…