Baggage handler sentenced for theft

A former baggage handler was sentenced to eight months in prison at Chelmsford Crown Court last week after admitting stealing from luggage.

According to a BBC investigation, the former employee of handling company Swissport was based at StanstedAirport and among 22 baggage handlers arrested for theft while working at the airport since last December.

Essex police mounted a seven-month investigation targeting a “small element” among staff at the airport, according to a spokesman.