Thursday, February 17, 2011

Sisters facing jail after buying £8,000 boob jobs with stolen credit cards


 Ramona  Downes at Southwark Crown Court today, where they were convicted of fraud after a jury heard how they were so desperate to enlarge their breasts they paid with stolen credit cards
Two sisters are facing jail after using stolen credit cards to pay for breast enlargement surgery.
Rishona Downes, 25, and her older sibling Ramona, 27, each splashed out more than £4,000 for the Harley Street treatments within weeks of each other.
They paid the bulk of the balance using card details provided by a friend working for a credit firm.


Rishona Downes at Southwark Crown Court yesterday where they were convicted of fraud.
But it wasn’t until six months afterwards that they were rumbled when a technology firm noticed they had unwittingly paid £8,090 for the sisters’ surgery.
Today, the sisters were convicted of five counts of fraud at Southwark Crown Court following a week-long trial.
The Downes sisters stood impassive in the dock as the jury returned unanimous guilty verdicts against them after deliberating for more than five hours.
During the case it emerged that both women were desperate for surgery because they felt self-conscious about their bodies.
Ramona’s partner has complained that 'other girls had bigger t***', while Rishona had felt her breasts were sagging after the birth of her son.
Ramona, a former shop assistant at JD Sports, and Rishona, who works at Heathrow Terminal Five, had tried to claim they had no idea the cards were stolen.
Judge Christopher Hardy granted them bail ahead of sentencing on April 4, and ordered pre-sentence reports to be carried out by the probation service.
The friend, who cannot be named for legal reasons, also faces prison after she admitted paying for her own breast enlargement surgery using stolen card details

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