Baggage handler was ‘upset about her divorce’ when she walked off with £30k of jewellery

A Heathrow baggage handler who stole nearly £30,000 of jewellery has walked free from court after she explained she found the atmosphere at the airport ‘claustrophobic’ Priti Sthankiya, 46, also said she was upset about her divorce when she was caught on CCTV wheeling away a suitcase containing the valuables after Sandhya Gunesh left her luggage by the baggage carousel on 20 January. Ms Gunesh and her partner had landed at Heathrow Terminal 2 on a flight from Mauritius and…

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