British woman fined US$3,800 for shoplifting spree at Singapore airport

While in transit at Singapore’s Changi Airport waiting for a flight to Bali, a woman went on a theft spree over an hour and forty minutes, filching cosmetics, neck pillows and other items worth more than S$600 from various shops.

Tanya Bridget Hughes, 36, was fined S$5,000 (US$3,840) by a court on Thursday for her crimes.

She pleaded guilty to three counts of theft, with another five charges taken into consideration.

The court heard that Hughes, a British national, was at Changi Airport’s Terminal 4 on May 31 awaiting a 4.10pm flight to Bali.

She went to The Shilla Cosmetics and Perfumes Outlet at Terminal 4 Departure Transit Central at about 1pm and browsed the products at the Estee Lauder section.