Arrest warrant for bikini model charged with stealing from Sydney liquor stores

A bikini model’s bizarre stealing spree has been laid bare in court as police issue a warrant for her arrest.

Police are hunting for a former bikini model after a court heard she stole numerous bottles of alcohol from liquor stores in Sydney’s east only months after being sentenced for defrauding a luxury hotel.

Stevie Bamford, 31, was due to face Waverley Local Court on Wednesday after she was charged with three counts of larceny amounting to less than $2000.

The daughter of former rugby league international Peter Tunks did not appear but the court heard she is accused of stealing numerous bottles of alcohol from liquor stores in Sydney’s east.

Stevie Bamford has had another brush with the law after falsely accusing a tuktuk driver of raping her in Thailand. Picture: Instagram

The court heard Ms Bamford stole nearly $340 worth of alcohol from First Choice Liquor in Maroubra and Dan Murphy’s in Kingsford over three weeks in June and July.

Magistrate Ross Hudson told the court the Malabar resident went into the liquor stores and put the alcohol – including bottles of Glenfiddich scotch and passion fruit Absolut vodka – in her bag before walking out again.

The court documents show the former model managed to steal a total of 22 alcohol containers, including premixed watermelon vodka drinks and Jack Daniels and coke cans.

According to police, Ms Bamford committed all three brazen thefts in broad daylight.

Stevie Bamford was a well known bikini model. Picture: Instagram

It is the tenth set of charges for the Sydney woman in the past 10 years after the court heard Ms Bamford has been hit with nine previous charges since 2011, including assaulting a police officer, aggravated break and enter, and driving with ice and cocaine in her system.

Magistrate Hudson revealed Mr Bamford is currently serving a 12-month community corrections order after being convicted of defrauding the Hilton Hotel on George St in Sydney last year.

She was found guilty of defrauding the luxury hotel when she used another woman’s credit card to pay for accommodation which she couldn’t afford.

At the time of her sentencing, the court heard Ms Bamford had a substantial drug addiction and significant mental health issues.

Stevie Bamford was sentenced for defrauding a luxury Sydney hotel on June 23. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Nikki Short

The magistrate told the court that the new charges were a breach of the bail conditions imposed on Ms Bamford as part of her community corrections order.

He issued a warrant to arrest the former bikini model after determining the three larceny charges were proven in her absence.

The warrant comes a decade after the daughter of former rugby league international Peter Tunks was imprisoned for falsely accusing a tuktuk driver of raping her in Thailand.

The three larceny charges come a decade after the former bikini model made international headlines for falsely accusing a tuktuk driver of raping her in Thailand.

Ms Bamford is a former lingerie model.

Ms Bamford made headlines after spending time in a Thai prison.

The then-21-year-old told Thai police that she was coming home from a night out with her boyfriend when the driver took her to a secluded area and raped her while she was held down.

She later admitted she had lied to police because she didn’t want her boyfriend to be angry about her coming home late.

She was found guilty of making a false claim and sentenced to 15 days in a Thai detention centre.