Conwoman jailed for stealing champagne, jewellery and war medals from properties she house-sat before flaunting lavish lifestyle online

Ariana Rose, 40, carried out a “campaign of dishonest behaviour” over the course of almost a decade, spending the cash she made from fraud and theft to buy designer clothing, champagne and luxury meals, a court heard.

The conwoman, formerly known as Sana Ali, repeatedly sublet her flat and house-sat in locations across the country from 2016 to 2025.

Rose also targeted properties through the house-sitting platform Trusted House Sitters, where she stole valuables across Warwickshire, Hampshire, Somerset, and Suffolk between July and October 2025.

Amongst her haul were a £15,000 bracelet, a Mont Blanc pen, precious Christmas ornaments which the owner had been collecting for 27 years, bottles of Dom Perignon and Pol Roger champagne, a £500 ski jacket, a Le Creuset saucepan.

Perhaps most shockingly - Rose pocketed four war medals and a CBE medal belonging to the homeowner’s grandfather.

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She illegally sublet a two-bedroom flat in Manchester between 2016 and 2018 to three people who were under the impression that the owner of the property had given her permission to do so.

Rose told tenants to direct complaints to a phony email address she made for the property owner, David Lederer, to keep track of the income she made in rent.

Aoibheann Alliot lived in the illegally sub-letted flat between October 2016 and March 2017 and paid Rose a total of £4,340.

Ms Alliot described Rose, her “landlady”, as “controlling and irrational”, not permitting her to have guests over and restricting the hours at which she could use the kitchen or shower, according to court documents.

Over the course of the time she was living in Mr Lederer’s apartment, Rose made £30,337 in rental payments from unwitting flatmates, the court was told.

In August 2017, Mr Lederer issued a notice of possession against Rose, and she stopped paying rent.

She moved out in June 2018, leaving the property in “an untidy and dirty state”, covered in rubbish and clothing, several plastic bags from expensive boutiques and a hoard of letters which suggested she was in debt.

A private prosecution was later launched against Rose by the property administrator, Caroline Tyrrell-Evans, after a flat she lived in in Ladbroke Grove, west London, collected £43,400 in unpaid rent for 15 months between 2023 and 2025.

When she vacated the London flat in December 2025, she once again left the flat in a “filthy” state, Southwark Crown Court heard.

There was also evidence in the flat of “large amounts of evidence of lavish living”, with one highlight including a receipt for a meal of lobster and champagne at Claridge’s.

There is also a suggestion that Rose sublet the Ladbroke Grove property – indicated by her bank statements, which had evidence of income payments totalling £7,400 with the reference “rent” between January 2024 and June 2024.

She was arrested on Nov 5th, 2025, while she was driving a rented BMW in which she stashed designer sunglasses, cash, several items of jewellery, a Rolex, and a parcel containing fake US dollars.

Rose appeared from HMP Bronzefield in Surrey wearing a pink vest and yoga pants, where she was sentenced for offences including theft, fraud, using a false tenancy agreement, and perverting the course of justice.

She was ordered by Judge Nicholas Rimmer to pay over £65,000 in compensation to her victims.

Judge Rimmer told her: “Yours was a campaign of dishonest behaviour spanning nearly a decade, with offences in 2016, 2018, 2023, 2024, and 2025.

“The impact of your offences was considerable, and it was extensive. I am left in no doubt that you caused your victims very real, serious upset and distress.”

Rose also used the proceeds from her crimes “to live a lavish lifestyle otherwise beyond your means”, Judge Rimmer said.

She has been given three years to repay £65,692 in compensation.