Mexican beauty queen and accomplice in £1.4million prestige wine theft jailed ... trends now

Mexican beauty queen and accomplice in £1.4million prestige wine theft jailed ... trends now
Mexican beauty queen and accomplice in £1.4million prestige wine theft jailed ... trends now

Mexican beauty queen and accomplice in £1.4million prestige wine theft jailed ... trends now

Mexican beauty queen and her accomplice who posed as diners at exclusive Spanish restaurant, tricking their way into the cellar and stealing prestige wine worth £1.4million are jailed for four years Priscila Lara Guevara, 29, and Constantin Gabriel Dumitru, 47, were found guilty They stole stealing 45 bottles of wine from the Atrio Restaurant Hotel in Caceres

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A former Mexican beauty queen and her Romanian-born boyfriend have been convicted and jailed over a daring wine theft at a Michelin-starred Spanish restaurant.

Priscila Lara Guevara and Constantin Gabriel Dumitru were found guilty of stealing 45 bottles of wine from the Atrio Restaurant Hotel in Caceres near Spain's border with Portugal after a two-day trial.

The 29-year-old Mexican was handed a four-year prison sentence and her 47-year-old boyfriend got four and a half years.

The written 24-page sentence, made public on Monday, also said they had been ordered to pay 753,000 euros (£667,000) in compensation.

Despite prosecutors pricing the bottles of wine before trial at more than 1.6 million euros (£1.45 million), their value was reduced during the open court hearing by insurers to the amount the convicted pair are now being asked for.

Priscila Lara Guevara and Constantin Gabriel Dumitru were found guilty of stealing 45 bottles of wine from the Atrio Restaurant Hotel in Caceres near Spain's border with Portugal after a two-day trial.

Priscila Lara Guevara, a one-time 'Miss Earth' Mexico contestant (pictured)

Former 'Miss Earth' Mexico contestant Priscila Lara Guevara and Constantin Gabriel Dumitru were found guilty of stealing 45 bottles of wine from the Atrio Restaurant Hotel in Caceres near Spain's border with Portugal after a two-day trial

General view of wine bottles at Restaurante Atrio wine cellar in Caceres, Spain

General view of wine bottles at Restaurante Atrio wine cellar in Caceres, Spain

The wine included an 1884 Chateau d'Yquem on the menu at Atrio for 350,000 euros (£310,000),

The court ruled it had been proven Priscila, a former 'Miss Earth' Mexico contestant, and her partner had committed the theft on October 27, 2021 after making at least three prior visits to the hotel.

They are said to have fled the hotel hours after taking the wine and

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