Monthly Archives: January 2021

According to the Mirror website, the coronavirus pandemic is a ‘paradise’ for shoplifters who are escaping justice by wearing masks, a store manager has warned.

Claire Saunders claims cocky shoplifters now know they cannot be identified on CCTV cameras because of their mandatory face coverings.

The ‘News in Brief’ section of the Metro website reports that a thief who stole £500 from a 97-year-old in a care home has been spared jail to turn his life around.

Samuel Mwangi had lied about his CV and a police caution to get the carer job, admitted handling stolen property and two counts of fraud.

The Lancaster Guardian website reports that the assistant manager at a branch of Tui in Kendal stole almost £50,000 from her employers.

Layla Hayhurst didn’t audit a £3.95 foreign currency buy-back guarantee on 12,461 separate occasions, then issued a refund which she then claimed for herself.

As reported on the Telegraph & Argus website, a trusted supervisor stole £1,347-worth of petrol using a fuel card issued by his employer.

Yousaf Amin was spared an immediate prison sentence after he became one of the first people in Bradford to fall desperately ill with the coronavirus.

According to The Argus website, a Post Office worker stole almost £1,000 in cash and food from his employer.

Ian Doe had been working as a part-time assistant at a combined post office and village shop near Battle, when he committed the crime in 2019.

The Daily Mail website reports that a plumbing firm’s manager stole almost £80,000 worth of stock and sold it on his unsuspecting wife’s eBay account.

Andrew Clarke – jailed for two years – stole taps, showers and boilers before offering them for sale on the online auction site at 25% off the RRP.