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Dame Trelise Cooper had $ 500,000 worth of clothes stolen in October.
A woman has appeared in court charged with receiving $ 500,000 worth of clothing after nearly 2,000 samples were stolen from fashion designer Dame Trelise Cooper last month.
A 45-year-old woman and a 41-year-old man were arrested Thursday in connection with the robbery.
The 45-year-old, who is listed as a florist in court documents, appeared in Auckland District Court on Monday and was granted provisional name removal.
She is accused of receiving $ 500,000 in stolen property and will appear soon in March.
Inside the Ōrākei house of designer Trelise Cooper.
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On Wednesday, police confirmed Things, Another woman has been arrested and charged with receiving stolen property and will appear in court next week.
A 41-year-old man appeared in court last Friday charged with theft and was also granted suppression.
“A lonely hanger” was all that was left after the late October robbery, which was a “kick in the guts” for Cooper’s 100 staff members and affected a night of charity fashion for breast cancer in Tauranga, Cooper said previously.
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The woman appeared in Auckland District Court on Wednesday.
Detective Sergeant Major Kathy Bostock said officers recovered a “significant amount” of the stolen clothing, which would be returned to Cooper after a search warrant was executed.
“Our investigation is ongoing and we cannot rule out the possibility of further arrests and charges.”
Cooper previously said thieves entered through a vent into the downtown Auckland style house in Epsom on the weekend of October 17-18.
The theft was discovered when staff returned after the weekend, Cooper said.
“We got to work Monday morning and there were no samples in the sample room.”
Cooper said a sample coordinator went to start taking samples.
“She came in and said, ‘Okay, they’ve moved the samples. Why didn’t they tell me?
“It was a slow sunrise that, ‘Oh God, everyone’s gone.’
