Monthly Archives: November 2024

The Mirror website reports that a founding member of a highly successful Paisley theatre stole £75,000 from an arts charity which helped James McAvoy kickstart his career.

Panto dame David McCann stole the cash whilst serving as the director and chief executive of PACE Theatre.

According to the Mail Online website, a group of shoplifters dubbed the ‘Morrisons Four’ by police, stole £120,000 of goods from British supermarkets.

They were ordered to steal from more than 50 branches of Morrisons by gangs from Romania, who then resold the goods through a wholesaler and car boot sales.

According to the Mail Online website a national police unit set up to tackle the scourge of shoplifting in the UK has identified more than 20 gangs and 200 criminals fuelling the epidemic.

Operation Opal has also identified 61 vehicles the gangs use to move shoplifters and goods around the country.

The BBC News website reports that a career criminal lied to get a job as a hospital security guard, before stealing from his employer.

Daniel Carter used a fake security licence to get work at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and stole £1,425 from the hospital.

As reported on the Manchester Evening News website, an accounts assistant stole £29,000 from her boss after complaining about the cost of her 19-mile commute to work.

Rebecca Hassell diverted refunds at the car dealership to her own bank accounts and attempted to steal £18,000 using its card machines.

The Sun website reports that high street stores are slapping security tags on advent calendars worth just £2 — as shoplifters gear up for Christmas.

Retail favourites including WHSmith and Tesco are among those ­fitting anti-theft devices to even cheap festive treats, including the Bluey advent calendars.