£46K STAMP THEFT TO PAY FOR DRUGS

A HEROIN addict was jailed yesterday for plundering one of Britain’s biggest stamp collections to get money to buy drugs.

Jade Cambridge, 24, stole stepfather Kenneth Kensall’s treasured 80 Penny Blacks, 600 Penny Reds and 400
Penny Blues worth £46,000 when he was in hospital having a leg amputated.

Mr Kensall, 67, had 400 stamp albums collected over a lifetime. Cambridge and her lover Kevin Pugh, 33,
stole valuable stamps to sell to buy drugs.

Judge John Curran told them: “You took full advantage of this gentleman’s hospitality to steal a significant part
of his much-prized stamp collection.”

The pair, of Kington, Powys, admitted theft. Cambridge was jailed for nine months and Pugh was jailed for two years at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court.

- James Fredrick.