Monthly Archives: September 2024

The Mirror website reports that a senior finance manager at a local council stole almost £1m of taxpayers money to fund his gambling addiction.

A court heard how Alan Doig transferred £934,343.30 of money meant to pay for public services from Gedling Borough Council into his own bank accounts.

The Mail Online website reports that a cop has been accused of stealing almost four kilos of cocaine from his own force.

PC Andrew Talbot was caught after he accidentally dropped a drug wrap in the grounds of his daughter’s primary school, a court was told.

According to the Mail Online website, a barista stole £4,000 by sneakily getting customers to pay their bills to his own card machine instead of the company one.

Joe & The Juice employee Brandon Leung spent months using a £70 SumUp chip and pin device to funnel money into his personal bank account.

As reported on The Sun website, the UK’s shoplifting epidemic is costing Primark more in losses than it pays in business rates.

George Weston, chief exec of Primark’s parent company Associated British Foods, said shoplifting had become “socially acceptable… with thieves facing no consequences.”

As reported on the Mail Online website, shoplifters are using wheelie bins and builders’ bags to clear entire aisles of food and drink.

Paul Gerrard, Co-op’s public affairs director, says supermarkets across the UK are seeing their meat, sweets and alcohol sections entirely removed.

The Startups website reports that the boss of retail chain Iceland, Richard Walker, has called for laws to allow images of violent shoplifters to be shared on local WhatsApp groups.

He has criticised the current data protection laws, which don’t allow businesses to share images of shoplifters publicly.