Warehouseman who nicked handbags worth £15k blames the cost of living crisis

A stock room controller at Harrods who swiped more than £15,000 worth of designer handbags and blamed the cost of living crisis walked free after a judge agreed London is ‘very expensive’. Marco Taffoni, 29, stole six Bottega Veneta bags while working at the world famous store between November 2023 and July 2024. Taffoni had lost his job with the Italian high fashion house Fendi before he took on a job on the Bottega Veneta counter. He blamed the cost…