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Aspiring model, 23, bought £5,000 of designer clothes and shoes including pairs by Jimmy Choo and Christian Louboutin in card clone scam
Sabean Fulcher used copies of American Express cards in Mayfair stores
Blamed crimes on relationship with older man and involvement in gang
Given suspended sentence after pleading guilty to fraud
By Hugo Gye
An aspiring model who made illegal copies of credit cards in order to buy more than £5,000 worth of designer clothes and shoes walked free from court today.
Sabean Fulcher, 23, spent her fraudulent gains at luxury shoe shops in Knightsbridge such as Jimmy Choo, Ferragam and Christian Louboutin.
She also went to Mayfair shops like Mulberry, Mui Mui and Tod's with three cloned American Express cards, and attempted to spend nearly £9,000 of other people's money.
 
Fraud: Sabean Fulcher, pictured left outside court and right during her modelling career, has been given a suspended sentence for fraudulently using three credit cards
Fulcher, who describes herself as a 'model, actor and designer' and once appeared in a Katy B music video, was given a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to fraud.
Her lawyer blamed her crimes on a relationship with an older man, telling Southwark Crown Court that Fulcher, from Ealing, had 'simply lost all common sense and integrity'.
Judge Peter Testar said the defendant was merely the public face of a criminal gang, and accepted the argument that she was led astray by her older lover.
'What has happened here is that a gang or group has somehow got involved in obtaining the details of genuine credit card holders and have cloned cards with the details of those genuine credit card holders,' he said.
'[They have] cloned them with your name and you've then been sent out by the group as the one who, no doubt appearing respectable as you did, was to go in to the shops and obtain high value goods.
'The mitigation, which I accept, is that you were involved with some man, no doubt much more criminal than you, and you were required by him to commit these offences.
Career: The 23-year-old describes herself as a 'model, actor and designer'
Prosecutor James Robottom said Fulcher was first arrested after she attempted to buy two pairs of Jimmy Choo shoes for £1,300 on February 29, 2012.
She tried to use a blue American Express card to pay, and handed over her provisional driving licence as proof of her identity.
'The card transaction was declined,' said the lawyer. 'The credit card was cut up by the sales assistant. The police were called subsequent to that.
'The blue American Express card attempted to be used corresponded to a genuine U.S. account for a Platinum Delta card held by a lady with a billing address in New York. The blue one attempted to be used was counterfeit.'
He said the same card had been used to pay for £1,049 worth of shoes in Ferragamo and £799 worth in Christian Loubotin.
Before Fulcher was interviewed by police, she used a second card at Tod's, Mulberry and Miu Miu, according to Mr Robottom.
He said she bought three pairs of driving gloves and a men's leather bag at Tod's, and a £950 black bag from Mulberry.
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