A conwoman who stole jewellery from properties she was 'house-sitting' has been jailed - after she was arrested while driving a rented BMW with designer sunglasses.Ariana Rose, 40, waged a 'campaign of dishonest behaviour' over nearly a decade, funding her 'lavish lifestyle' with money she made from fraud and theft, Southwark Crown Court heard today.Rose, previously known as Sana Ali, illegally subletted a two-bedroom flat in Salford Quays, Manchester, to three different people who believed the landlord - David Lederer - had authorised her to do so.Using a bogus email address, she told tenants the flat belonged to Mr Lederer, and used it to discourage them from continuing to ask for their money back.One of the tenants, Aoibheann Alliot, paid the defendant a total of £4,340 between October 2016 and March 2017.Court documents showed Ms Alliot described Rose as 'controlling and irrational', refusing to let her have guests over and restricting the times at which she could use the kitchen or shower.Rose received a total of £30,337 from apparent rental payments over the time she was living at Mr Lederer's flat, the court heard.Mr Lederer issued a notice of possession against Rose in August 2017, and she stopped paying rent. Ariana Rose (pictured), 40, waged a 'campaign of dishonest behaviour' over nearly a decade, funding her 'lavish lifestyle' with money she made from fraud and theft Rose, previously known as Sana Ali, also illegally subletted a two-bedroom flat in Salfrod Quays, ManchesterShe eventually moved out in June 2018, leaving the flat in 'an untidy and dirty state', with rubbish and clothing strewn around the property, numerous carrier bags from expensive boutiques, and a large amount of correspondence indicating that Rose was in debt.Property administrator Caroline Tyrrell-Evans later launched a private prosecution against Rose after she occupied a flat in Ladbroke Grove, west London, for 15 months between 2023 and 2025 - accruing £43,400 in rental arrears.Rose vacated the flat in December 2025 and left it in a 'filthy' state, the court was told.She had also left 'large amounts of evidence of lavish living' - including luxury carrier bags and a receipt dated in the defendant's name for a £27 meal of lobster and champagne at Claridge's.Bank statements from her account also showed that, between January 2024 and June 2024, Rose received income totalling £7,400, in separate payments with the reference 'rent' - suggesting she had also sublet the Ladbroke Grove property.Rose also targeted properties through the house-sitting platform Trusted House Sitters, stealing valuables from homes in Warwickshire, Hampshire, Somerset, and Suffolk between July and October 2025.Items stolen included a £15,000 tennis bracelet, a Mont Blanc pen, Christmas ornaments which the owner had been collecting for 27 years as part of her family tradition, Dom Pérignon and Pol Roger champagne, a ski jacket valued at £500, a Le Creuset pan, four war medals, and a CBE medal that had belonged to the owner's grandfather.Rose was arrested on November 5, 2025, while driving a rented BMW, which contained designer sunglasses, cash, multiple items of jewellery, a Rolex, and a parcel containing fake US dollars. In 2011, then known as Sana Ali, she was jailed for 20 months for defrauding prospective tenants by advertising flats for rent online when she had no authority to do soShe was first jailed in 2008 for fraud after carrying out unauthorised transactions totalling £60,000 while working at Barclays Bank, the court heard today.In 2011, then known as Sana Ali, she was jailed for 20 months for defrauding prospective tenants by advertising flats for rent online when she had no authority to do so.She staged viewings and drew up fake contracts and took deposits and rental payments from three victims in the sum of £4,180, the prosecution summary sets out.Judge Rimmer gave her three years to repay £65,692 in compensation.He 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.'