‘Happy birthday to me’

An Imperial College London student got herself a birthday present by stealing a £4,500 fur coat from Harrods, a court heard. Mengqi Wang, 26, was caught on CCTV simply leaving the store in Knightsbridge with the coat over her arm on 9 November. Prosecutor Jennifer Edaka said staff raised the alarm when they saw a fur coat was missing, leading to Wang being spotted in the footage. ‘She was stopped outside the store where it was noticed she had the…