Monthly Archives: November 2020

The BBC News website reports that a Dundee City Council supervisor stole smoke alarms and other lifesaving equipment from his workplace and sold them on eBay.

Over almost four years, Iain Gardyne stole 93 heat alarms, 66 sensors, 40 smoke alarms and 12 heat detectors.

The Dereham Times website reports that a man stole more than £115,000-worth of products from his employer to pay for his gambling habit.

Liam Stockell worked as a warehouseman at Zip Heaters UK and stole from the firm at least 22 times between October 2016 and September 2017.

According to the Independent website, a police officer has been sacked and barred from the professions after being caught stealing £75-worth of food from a branch of Sainsbury’s.

When the constable – who cannot be named for legal reasons – was stopped by security staff at the Sainsbury’s in Bristol, he told them: “I was being a bit cheeky and thought I would chance it”.

According to the Manchester Evening News website, a woman who stole almost £1million from her employer told police that her life of luxury – funded by stolen cash – had helped make her ‘feel better’.

Amanda Rees, an admin manager at a manufacturing firm, siphoned off money totalling £980,673 into her personal bank account.

The Staffordshire Live website reports that a bottle of orange squash and 11 jars of coffee were among the bizarre items selected by a thief during a shoplifting spree around Uttoxeter.

Andrew Sharpin also took bottles of washing-up liquid and Aptimel baby milk, £75-worth of chocolates, Persil and wine mainly over a three-day period.

The Belfast Telegraph website reports that a woman stole from her community group employers to fund her “compulsive shopping disorder”.

Grandmother Judith Hamilton stole just under £19,000 in little over a year, by using the company bank card for her personal expenditure.