Gareth Stone, 28, took £6,500 then drove 200 miles to Gatwick Airport, where he paid for the Orlando holiday in cash
Gareth Stone, 28, took £6,500 then drove 200 miles to Gatwick Airport, where he paid for the Orlando holiday in cash.
Stone, who has Lion King tattoos on his back, wanted to visit the famous theme parks, but changed his mind and handed himself into police.He raided the shop after taking his wife’s keys without her knowledge. Prosecutor Juliea Cox said: ‘He had booked a holiday to Orlando to stay at a Hilton hotel for 14 nights and tickets for the Universal Studios theme park. The £1,967.89 he paid was in cash.’She said: ‘He had returned to the shop at 3am and was seen on CCTV letting himself in.’In one social media post Stone wrote: ‘Love Disney too much and keep going back to Florida lol.
Wife Sarah Stone, 26, was ‘so devastated’ when she found out that the couple split up. She has since given birth to a baby girl.Jon Page, owner of the family-run fish bar, said the burglary had left him feeling ‘angry and upset’. Hashim Salman, defending, said Stone was a gambling addict who was in £25,000 of debt. He was working as a lorry driver but lost his job following the incident.If you have a story for our news team, email us at
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