Eyespace shows it has the stones at Optrafair

Derby dispensing optician Sarah Bonting (left) has scooped a gem of a prize after she was named as the winner of Eyespace’s Optrafair diamond prize draw.

Bonting was one of hundreds on the supplier’s stand who sipped on glasses of Prosecco that concealed one real diamond among hundreds of fakes. Visitors were asked to place their stones into the safe to be sent off and graded after the show.

Bonting, who has worked at Oakwood Eyecare for 22 years said: ‘I was completely overwhelmed when Catherine Bartlett (right), my regional sales manager appeared in practice to tell me I had won the diamond.