Monthly Archives: September 2022

According to the Hull Daily Mail website, a removals company deputy manager cynically betrayed the trust of his boss by stealing nearly £9k from him whilst he was away on holiday.

When he was finally tracked down in Torquay, Steven Fowler then tried to blame the boss’s son for the missing money.

As reported on the Metro website, supermarkets have enlisted staff – ‘meat monitors’ – to protect expensive cuts of meat due to increased shoplifting sparked by the cost-of-living crisis.

Upmarket stores in Maidenhead were forced to act after losing ‘thousands of pounds worth of stock’ every week.

The Chronicle Live website reports that Tesco is increasing security at its stores to prevent shoplifting as people struggle with the rising costs of living.

The retailer is “putting more security presence” into branches most impacted by shoplifting, its chairman has said.

The Hull Daily Mail website reports that an assistant accountant stole more than £80k from her employers, to pay for a lavish lifestyle, including an Audi A7 and holidays to Florida, Lapland, and New York.

Katie Nelson used blank cheques already signed by bosses to pay cash to herself.

As reported on The Cumberland News wesbite, a pub worker with a secret cocaine addiction stole from his employer in a desperate bid to settle his drugs debt.

During a four-day period of sick leave, Ryan Wightman repeatedly sneaked back into the office so that he could steal cash from the safe.

The Derby Telegraph website reports that a thief with previous convictions for theft and robbery, threw his employers’ trust “back in their face” by stealing £20,000 worth of goods.

Nathan Wood – also known as Nathan Huntington – stole pallets of insulation rolls from the firm’s warehouse on five separate occasions.