Monthly Archives: February 2020

According to the Retail Gazette website, recent research has shown that the retail sector is plagued with 1,000 shoplifting incidents per day, and more than half of them reportedly go unpunished.

Police data shows that UK retailers recorded 359,156 incidents of shoplifting in 2019, and 17 of 45 police forces around the UK saw increases in the number of incidents, with Sussex being the worst hit.

According to the nwemail.co.uk website, a man stole 20 barrels of raw diesel from his employer, after being given an ultimatum for a previous theft.

Ian Benn was working for Certa Energy and was caught stealing the first ten barrels of fuel after being filmed by members of the public.

Mail Online reports that a PA to a property tycoon stole over £8,000 from her boss to pay for her addiction to Candy Crush and other gaming apps.

Hollie Johnson was trusted to handle the personal finances of Joey Esfandi, CEO of Dwyer Estates, but stole £8,830 to buy ‘boosters’ which help players move up levels within a game.

The Sky News website reports that the former head of a disability charity stole £256,000 from its pension fund to buy a house in France.

Patrick McLarry – jailed for five years – has a MBE for his charity work, but admitted defrauding Yateley Industries for the Disabled to buy the holiday home and a warehouse worth £200,000.

According to the NWE Mail website, two thieves who swiped items from a shop said they could not remember the offence because they were on Valium.

Amy Jane Foster and Terrance Charles Graham admitted taking a number of items off the shelves of Home Bargains in Barrow and leaving without paying.

The Mail Online website reports that a husband and wife team were left on the brink of financial ruin after an employee who became their family friend stole £75,000 from their extraction system business.

Over three years, Dianne Polson stole the huge sum through various ‘random’ refunds through the company’s system directly onto her own bank card.