Tunisian refugee who can’t stop stealing handbags from Selfridges says he is ‘shocked’ to go to jail

A Tunisian refugee has been sent back to prison after grabbing designer handbags from Selfridges worth nearly £5,000. Walid Ghaouar, 25, went on a stealing spree at the Oxford Street department store between November and January, helping himself to luxury goods three times before he was arrested. Ghaouar claims he was funding a cocaine habit – despite undergoing a therapy course in prison the last time he was caught thieving. At the time of his latest pinching romp, he was…

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