JT's mum and mum-in-law in run-in with the law
SOCCER hero John Terry’s mum and mother-in-law were allegedly caught loading £800-worth of stolen store goods into a car.
Sue Terry, 50, and Sue Poole, 54, were nicked and officially cautioned by cops for shoplifting clothes and food from Marks & Spencer and Tesco.
The incident is a huge embarrassment to Chelsea and England skipper Terry, 28, and to the FA.
Tesco is the official England supermarket and M&S supplies suits to the England squad. One of the vice-presidents for England’s 2018 World Cup bid is Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy.
Track suits were among the gear the women are said to have taken at the Brooklands Shopping Centre in Weybridge, Surrey.
Police were called by security staff at 3pm on Wednesday and the pair were taken to Staines police station, Middlesex.
Defender Terry earns £135,000-a-week, plus bonuses and huge sums from sponsorship deals.
His mum and mother-in-law live jet-set lives thanks to his huge wealth. They have have been flown all over the world at Terry’s expense to watch him play, including at the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany.
Terry also bought both women detached houses in the exclusive street in Oxshott, Surrey, where he and wife Toni, 26, live with twins Georgie and Summer, two. The leafy drive is famously known as “Terry Street”.
A source said last night: “Everyone was gobsmacked when the police realised they had arrested John Terry’s mum and mum-in-law.
“They’re women who want for nothing, yet they were accused of taking cheap gear without paying. They seemed at a loss to explain.
“One said she had no idea why she’d taken sports gear as she didn’t even like wearing the stuff. They seemed shaken up.”
Another source said the women loaded their car with goods from M&S but were stopped when they went back to Tesco for more.
A source close to Terry said: “This will come as a terrible shock to John. His mum has never done anything like this before.
“It would be easier if he had the first idea why it happened.”
A Surrey Police spokesman said last night: “Cautions are usually applied for more minor matters, when it is a first time offence.
“A caution represents an admission of guilt and forms part of a criminal record. Officers arrested two women aged 50 and 54, both from Oxshott, on suspicion of theft.
“This followed reports of shoplifting. The women were interviewed in custody and have been cautioned for the offences.”
Terry’s lawyer Angus McBride insisted the pair were entirely innocent and were victims of an “unfortunate misunderstanding”.
Mr McBride said they would not have agreed to be cautioned had they realised they were admitting guilt and will be taking legal action to clear their names.
He added: “They didn’t do anything wrong. They didn’t have legal advice and weren’t aware they were admitting guilt.”
Terry has worked hard on his image in recent years but was once a notorious boozer and womaniser, reported to have had EIGHT flings behind Toni’s back.
He and Chelsea team-mates were accused of drunkenly mocking US tourists after 9/11. And he was arrested over a fracas at a London nightclub in 2002 but later cleared of charges including wounding.
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