Shoplifting

England captain John Terry's mother 'shoplifted flip-flops, a tracksuit, leggings and pet food

Pet food, flip flops and casual clothing were said to be among the items allegedly shoplifted by England football captain John Terry's mother and mother-in-law, it emerged today.

Sue Terry, 50, and Sue Poole, 54, were arrested and cautioned after being caught with £800 of clothes and groceries from Tesco and Marks & Spencer.

Among the items were said to be girls' flip flops, leggings, casual shirts, men's and ladies' watches, a green track suit and groceries including sweets and pet food.


The two women, who live on the same exclusive street as the £135,000-a-week Chelsea star, were stopped by police as they loaded their car at an out-of-town shopping centre in Weybridge, Surrey.

Officers had been alerted by security staff who were suspicious about their behaviour.

Tesco is the official England supermarket and proudly mentions on its website its recognition of the 'importance of football as the national sport'.

The store's chief executive Sir Terry Leahy is also one of the vice-presidents for the country's bid to host the 2018 World Cup. As for Marks & Spencer, it provides the England team with suits.

Terry - who has turned his image around after once having a reputation for gambling, drinking and womanising - lives in a palatial home on a private estate with his beautician wife Toni and their two-year-old twins.

His mother-in-law Sue Poole and her husband Alan, who used to live in Essex, moved into a neighbouring home in Oxshott, Surrey, in 2007.

Police are said to have been stunned when they realised the identity of the two women they had arrested.

'They're women who want for nothing, yet they were accused of taking cheap gear without paying,' a source told one newspaper.


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