House Sitter Jailed for Stealing Valuables from UK Homes

A house sitter who took valuable jewellery and replaced it with fakes has been jailed. Ariana Rose, 40, of Finborough Road in London, was last year employed as a house sitter at properties in Shipston-on-Stour (in May 2025) and Southam (July 2025), originally through an online service.

The victims, one of whom had initially applauded Rose for her efforts, highlighting she had even made them a meal and a cake for when they returned from holiday, later discovered a number of items missing and some had been replaced with fakes. Items taken from both properties included jewellery exceeding the value of £35,000, a Le Creuset Balti pan, a silver dish, gold-plated Christmas ornaments, and other jewellery items.

When the victim in Southam reported missing items to the police, this initiated our investigation into Rose, although she was not linked to the other offences until she was arrested in Lutterworth on 5 November when her hire car was identified and stopped. When Rose was arrested, officers discovered photos of stolen items from each of the houses she had looked after on her phone.

She had stolen property including jewellery in the car and on her person. A search of Rose’s address in London discovered hundreds of items of suspected stolen property, including war medals, limited-edition books, jewellery, and a CBE medal.

These items were linked to a variety of different properties across the country, whose owners had employed Rose’s services as a house sitter. Rose’s initial trial for offences investigated by Warwickshire Police completed on 5 December 2025, when she was found guilty of five counts of theft from dwelling.

Sentencing was postponed while a second private prosecution took place at Southwark Crown Court, where she was charged with four counts of using a false instrument, six counts of fraud, and perverting the course of public justice. On 2 July 2026, Ariana Rose was jailed for five years.

Investigating officer DC Stather said “Rose lived a lavish lifestyle, funded by the things she stole from her victims who trusted her to look after their homes. “These items were mostly highly sentimental and cherished.

“We hope that the victims find some comfort now that she has been caught and held accountable for her actions.” Share