MARCO Pierre White Jr has been jailed over a £60,000 shoplifting spree that saw him trash a gallery and steal Jellycats in a string of raids.
The ex-Celebrity Big Brother star carried out the burglaries to fund his drug habit.
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Marco Pierre White Jr has been jailedCredit: Central News
He is the son of chef Marco Pierre White SrCredit: PA
White, in a previous mugshot, has a string of convictions
White – son of celeb chef Marco Pierre White Sr – smashed his way into an Italian deli in Kensington and stole a laptop, tablet, iPod and a till tray.
Just days later, he swiped two natural rock crystal formations from a store in London‘s Notting Hill.
White then broke into another store in Barnes, South West London, on July 21 and took £1,500 worth of Jellycat soft toys.
He also stole two green fluorite crystal lamp towers from an ammonite store in London and caused £44,000 worth of damage by wrecking “four mounted crystals“.
The troubled star, who 30 previous convictions for 69 offences, has now been jailed for a total of three years and 10 months.
Isleworth Crown Court heard he has a “long-standing drug addiction” and was on two suspended sentences for the majority of his thieving spree.
White targeted small stores with high-value items in the middle of the night – travelling to and from each store on a Lime bike.
He began his spree on April 1 when an alarm was triggered at Clayton’s Kitchens, Bath.
Broken glass and blood was found but no items were stolen.
Police received a call the following day at 4.30am relating to Mercy in Action – a charity shop in Bath.
White was later seen wearing clothing an eyewitness had seen him in, with over £500 stolen from the charity stop.
He initially denied the offence and said he borrowed the clothing but later pleaded guilty.
On June 18, White walked into Waterstones in Chiswick, West London and stole £493 of Jellycat toys and fled on a Lime bike.
He carried out another theft that day when he walked into Aesop Store on Westbourne Grove.
White began placing boxes in his bag and when approached by a shop assistant, he told her: “Don’t come near me or I’ll hurt you.”
He stole £1,331 of items from there and again fled on a Lime bike.
On June 19, he caused £44,000 worth of damage after destroying crystals and theft at Dale Rogers’ Ammonite on Pimlico Road.
His spree came to an end on June 21, when he broke into Presents on Barnes High Street using a brick.
He stole £1,500 of Jellycats and hailed an Uber.
The driver alerted police and after deploying a dog unit, they found White with the stolen toys.
Marco Pierre White Jr’s long rap sheet
Marco Pierre White Jr was born May 24, 1995 to celebrity chef Marco Pierre White and Mati Conejero, and grew up in Chelsea, West London.
He had a turbulent upbringing before becoming an artist and model.
Marco Jr appeared on the 17th series of Big Brother where his behaviour led to 634 complaints to Ofcom, and he was evicted first.
Other housemates during that series included Andrew Tate and Laura Carter.
In November 2019, he welcomed baby daughter Arabella Rosa.
He was convicted of multiple criminal offences between June 2016 and August 2022, and was sentenced to 79 weeks in prison.
In January 2017, he spoke about leaving his wild lifestyle behind after moving to his dad’s farm in Wiltshire with partner Francesca Suter, where he tended the pigs, bulls and turkeys.
In March 2017, he tweeted a shocking outburst against the parents of missing Madeleine McCann ahead of the 10th anniversary of their daughter’s disappearance.
In May 2017 he launched a sex toy brand called Velvet Love.
The website said: “Velvet Love supplies celebrities and London’s elite with beautifully crafted, British made sex toys — ideal for all those special occasions.”
In September 2017 he described the Parsons Green train bombing as “why I don’t take the tube #theRichDontDie”, before deleting the latter shortly afterwards and apologising.
In January 2019, Marco Jr was fined £200 having admitted drink and racial harassment charges after he said “f*** these n****rs” as he was arrested at a bar in Paddington Station.
In June 2019, he was ordered by a court to pay £1,328.05 in fines and costs after failing to pay for a £27 breakfast at Kingsmead Kitchen in Bath.
In August 2020, he given a 32-week suspended sentence for two offences of possessing class A drugs, among other offences, and was ordered to wear an electronic tag.
In 2022, Marco Junior pleaded guilty to 14 offences of shoplifting, possessing a knife, possessing heroin and a racially aggravated public order offence.
He was sentenced to 11 months, with 32 weeks of the previously suspended jail term to run consecutively.
On May 24 – his 29th birthday – he pleaded guilty at Bristol Magistrates’ Court following the cafe raid and was sentenced to 41 weeks in prison for burglary and “other offences”.
He was released – only to be jailed again in August for stealing from a Sainsbury’s.
White was released but landed himself back in court in December last year for a raid on a tattoo shop called Behind Bars.
He has now been jailed again for a string of burglaries across London and Bath.
Officers discovered he had left DNA at almost every scene he had been at after bleeding at the premises when he smashed his way in.
White earlier admitted four counts of burglary, criminal damage and a series of theft charges.
Judge Edward Connell said: “All of the offences are aggravated by the defendant’s appalling record for dishonesty and the fact that he was subject to one or for the most part two suspended sentences.
“In my view, he is quite aptly described as a prolific offender.
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“He has a poor record on court orders, committing offences while subject to suspended sentence orders.
“The defendant is in breach of two suspended sentence orders, the first was imposed on 29 November 2024 for burglaries, for which he received a 10-week suspended sentence for 18 months.”
The CBB star has a string of previous convictionsCredit: PA:Press Association
