Saturday, 20 September 2008

Hairdresser Jailed For Stealing 1000 GHDs

A TOP hairdresser has been jailed for 18 months for stealing almost a thousand pairs of GHD hair straighteners from an award-winning Edinburgh salon and selling them on eBay.
Mark McMorrine, 37, took the GHD hair irons from the Charlie Miller Hairdressing salon he managed in the Ocean Terminal shopping centre then made £62,000 by selling the stolen items online.McMorrine admitted selling irons and hairdressing product on the internet auction site ebay but said he had bought them from another source.But he failed to show any evidence of a legitimate supplier, and a jury found him guilty of theft and fraud after a three-week trial at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.