Pensioner was looting in Tooting

A pensioner faces jail for stealing jewellery worth thousands from a jewellery shop by distracting the cashier while her accomplice swiped the tray. Margaret Reber, 62, made off with £6,995 in gold and silver rings from Minar’s Jewellery Store, Upper Tooting Road on 1 February this year. David Roberts, prosecuting, told Lavender Hill Magistrates’ Court: ‘This was around half-past three in the afternoon, the defendant entered the store with another man. ‘They both spoke with the cashier of the store…