CCTV of a shoplifter who stole alcohol on Christmas Eve has been released.

The woman pictured is wanted over the theft of three 70cl bottles of Jack Daniels from Budgens in Station Road, Chingford, on Christmas Eve. 

At shortly before 5pm, she walked out of the store carrying the bottles worth £57 and claimed she was collecting money from a family member to pay for the alcohol, but never returned. 

The CCTV has been passed to the Guardian as part of a joint venture with the Met to identify potential perpetrators of unsolved crimes in the borough.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Waltham Forest police on 101 quoting 4900098/15 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.