Monthly Archives: February 2018

According to the Manchester Evening News, a department store worker stole luxury, designer brands worth over £5,000 over the course of one month.

William Townsend stole to fund his gambling habit, after initially planning to buy the items using his 35% staff discount and sell them on at a profit.

As reported in the Leicester Mercury, a thieving hospital nurse stole up to £10,000 worth of items ranging from scouring pads to computers and cameras.

Toby Brownson started working at Leicester Royal Infirmary in 1994 and over the next 20 years he helped himself to pillows, biscuits, a printer, bed sheets and batteries.

Birmingham Live reports that the West Midlands Police Commissioner wants to provide heroin to hardened addicts in a bid to stop them carrying out burglaries, robberies and car thefts in the city.

By giving heroin to convicted addicts in a controlled medical setting, the aim is to ‘take the market away from organised criminals and stop people stealing to fund their addiction’.

Mail Online asked whether Dragos Patrunjel is Britain’s most stylish shoplifter, as it reported his arrest in Tesco for stealing sunglasses.

When police raided his home they found piles of designer garments which he had stolen, including £1,100-worth of clothes from Hugo Boss.

Birmingham Live reports that a rogue surgeon who lied to land a £100,000 per year job has been jailed for six years.

Sudip Sarker fabricated his surgical experience to land the consultant role at Alexandra Hospital in Redditch – an appointment that led to many disastrous operations.

The Huddersfield Daily Examiner reports that a betting shop worker stole thousands from his employer and lost it all by gambling at a rival bookmaker.

Gambling addict Craig Wallace was deputy manager of a Coral shop when he lost more than £3,000 of his employer’s money.