Moment prolific distraction thief steals diamond ring worth £5,750

Blink and you'd miss it: video footage shows the moment a prolific distraction thief slyly slips a diamond ring worth £5,750 out of sight just inches away from an unsuspecting jeweller.Claudia Rostas was part of a Romanian gang known for travelling the country to rip off jewellers - and demonstrated her well-honed methods at Hamilton's, a family-run jewellers in Christchurch, Dorset.But the 33-year-old, who has previous convictions for similar thefts, was spared jail because her 12-year-old son is being treated for cancer four years after she lost another child to the condition.The thief, who is on benefits, made just £750 from the theft of the £5k ring - and may have gotten away with the crime had the jeweller's CCTV system not been on hand to pick up every second of her deception in intricate detail.