British woman arrested in US for stealing wine worth over £30,000

A British woman has been arrested in the US over a daring heist of rare wine worth $41,500. Natali Ray is facing 50 years in jail after being charged with grand larceny and other crimes by police in Clark County, Virginia, 60 miles from Washington. She and another man are alleged to have posed as event planners to persuade Christian Borel, the owner of the L'Auberge Provençale Inn & Restaurant, to show them to his wine cellar. While Ray allegedly distracted Mr Borel with smalltalk, her companion put a number of bottles of French pinot noir into his jacket, which is thought to have been fitted with special pockets to fit them. The suspect allegedly put decoy bottles with printed labels in their place before he and Ray tried to walk out.