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A newly-released court document has revealed details about which items former MP Golriz Ghahraman��stole, and how she did it.����

Ghahraman pleaded guilty to four��shoplifting charges, relating to theft from three separate stores, in the Auckland District Court yesterday.��

An agreed summary of facts, provided to the��Herald��by the court this morning, shows at around 3pm on October 22 last year Ghahraman entered the Cre8tiveworx store in Wellington and selected a number of items to try on.��

Among the pieces was a black Zambesi shirt, valued at $695.��

The document said she tried on the items, emerging several times to peruse the display rack and chat with an associate.��

Ghahraman put the Zambesi shirt inside her bag while in the changing room and then purchased a pair of pants.��

Two months later, just before 4pm on December 21, Ghahraman and two associates visited Scotties Boutique in Ponsonby.��

She was carrying a large tote bag over her right shoulder.��

During her time in the store Ghahraman removed a $1900 black Acne Studios single-breasted coat from the display rack and a pair of black pants from another rack.��

With both items in her possession, she entered a changing room and concealed the coat in her bag before returning the pants to the display.��

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Former Green Party of Aotearoa MP Golriz Ghahraman. Photo / Dean Purcell��

The document said she continued to peruse the store, before also taking a Comme des Garcons wallet, valued at $160.��

The next afternoon she entered the Standard Issue store in Newmarket with a large tote bag.��

During the visit she chatted with the manager and picked up a $389 navy blue cardigan from the display table.��

When the manager’s attention was diverted she put the jersey in her bag and left.��

“The manager immediately noticed the cardigan was no longer on the table when Ms Ghahraman left the store. Ms Ghahraman was the only customer in the store,” the summary said.��

One day later she again visited Scotties Boutique with her large black tote bag, as well as a red satchel, and once inside she removed another large tote from within the initial bag.��

While there she surreptitiously placed a charcoal grey Bao Bao Issey Miyake Lucent bag, worth $650, into a satchel she was carrying.��

She then proceeded to take four items into the changing room, including a $333 black Two Squares simple slip dress and a black Row calanthe dress, valued at $4500. She put both items, and a $290 black Lemaire crepe tank top, in her bags.��

The document said a shop assistant approached her outside the store and asked to search her bags.��

“Ghahraman refused to show the store employee the contents of her bags. She returned briefly inside the store with the employee where she offered an explanation, pointing to a dress hung inside a coat as the reason for the misunderstanding. The employee accepted this explanation and allowed her to leave.”��

Later that afternoon an associate of Ghahraman’s returned to the store and returned the dresses and bag she had stolen, but did not give the top back.��

The document said Ghahraman did not recall taking the shirt from Cre8tiveworx but did admit to both shoplifting incidents at Scotties.����

She declined to comment on the Standard Issue offending.����

Reparation is sought to replace all stolen items, and while most of the Scotties Boutique items have been recovered, $2350 is still owed.����

Cre8tiveworx or Standard Issue are yet to recover the value of stolen goods.����

In an earlier statement, Ghahraman,��who resigned from Parliament in January, apologised for her behaviour and said she did not excuse her actions.����

She cited “extreme stress”��and linked it to previously unrecognised trauma. She said she was��seeking help from mental health professionals.����

In her statement, Ghahraman said the stress had led her to act in ways that were “completely out of character”.��

Katie Harris is an Auckland-based journalist who covers social issues including sexual assault, workplace misconduct, crime and justice. She joined the��Herald��in 2020.��