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BRITAIN: Police 'banned picture of thief to protect her human rights'
Date: Oct 27, 2006 10:00 AM
PUBLICATION: The Daily Telegraph
DATE: 2006.10.27
PAGE: 010
SECTION: News
BYLINE: Amy Iggulden
WORD COUNT: 267

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Police 'banned picture of thief to protect her human rights'

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A JEWELLER targeted by a prolific thief was told by police not to put up
warning pictures because it would infringe the woman's human rights, it
was claimed yesterday. Isabel Kurtenbach, a jeweller in Kensington, west
London, lost pounds 2,000 worth of gold and silver this week to a woman
posing as a wealthy visitor from Dubai.

The thief, who apparently targets the same row of shops once a year,
chooses her jewellery before claiming she has to get her credit card
from her driver. She then disappears with the goods.

Mrs Kurtenbach, 38, who captured the woman on CCTV, wanted to give other
traders her picture to display.

Police told her that it would be against the Human Rights Act and
suggested she wait for the thief to strike again so she could grab her
and call 999.

"I could not believe that the police were telling me to get hold of this
woman myself, a shoplifter who looks like she is on drugs and maybe
carries a knife,'' Mrs Kurtenbach said.

"If I tried to stop her, she would probably attack me. When I asked the
officer what I should do, he shrugged and said a picture would be
against the Human Rights Act.''

After jewellers complained to newspapers, four officers were sent to
apologise to Mrs Kurtenbach and to start investigating the incident.
"They seem to have started caring.'' Mrs Kurtenbach said.

Another jeweller in the area said she was targeted by the woman four
years ago and she stole pounds 3,000 worth of stock.

A spokesman for Scotland Yard confirmed that it was investigating the
theft but refused to comment on the claim that the picture would
infringe the thief's human rights.

He said victims of crime were advised not to put up wanted or warning
pictures until they have been handed to police in case they disrupted
legal proceedings.




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