Woman's plea on alleged diamond theft in Fredericton set for Jan. 4

Natalia Feldman, 44, will enter a plea Jan. 4 on a charge oftheft of an itemover $5,000, allegedly stolen fromSpicerCole FineJewellersat the Regent Mall in Fredericton onOct. 6.

Feldman appeared in Fredericton provincial court with lawyer T.J. Burke and waived her right to a bail hearing.

She will be remanded in custody in Miramichiat theNew Brunswick Women's Correctional Centre.

Feldman and her partner, Grigori Zaharov, were found guilty earlier this fall of stealing a diamond ring in Saint John.

The pair were captured on security cameras as they swapped a $10,000 diamond for a duplicate at W. Smith and Co. Fine Jewellers onOct. 7.

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They were arrested in Vaughan, Ont., after a Canada-wide warrant was issued.

Zaharov was sentenced to one year in jail, on top of time served, and one year probation.

Feldman was given a suspended sentence with time served.She was re-arrested after that on the Fredericton charge, and remanded in custody.